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The language families of the world. The language families of Africa. Map of the Austronesian languages. Map of major Dravidian languages. Distribution of the Indo-European language family branches across Eurasia. Area of the Papuan languages. Map of the Australian languages.
15. Okt. 2023 · There are 14 major families that cover most of the world and its ~8,500 languages, although the total number of families is anywhere from 142 to more than 400 (see references). 1. Indo-European. Speakers: 3.5 billion (46% of Earth's population) Languages: 583; Location of origin: Ukraine and southern Russia; Time of origin: 4,500 BCE
22. Juli 2020 · Our All in the Language Family series goes into detail on how these families work. The Indo-European Language Family — One of the largest language families in the world, comprising hundreds of languages including those in the Germanic, Romance, Baltic and Slavic language families.
Estimates of the number of language families in the world may vary widely. According to Ethnologue there are 7,151 living human languages distributed in 142 different language families. Lyle Campbell (2019) identifies a total of 406 independent language families, including isolates.
The languages of the world are grouped into perhaps 430 language families, based on their origin, as determined by comparing similarities among languages and deducing how they evolved from earlier ones.
Catalogue of languages and families. Glottolog provides a comprehensive catalogue of the world's languages, language families and dialects. It assigns a unique and stable identifier (the Glottocode) to (in principle) all languoids, i.e. all families, languages, and dialects.
19. Okt. 2023 · In tonal languages (which also include Thai and Hmong), the vocal pitch the speaker uses when saying a word helps determine its meaning. Although the Indo-European and Sino-Tibetan language families two of the largest in the world, linguists have categorized more than one hundred language families around the globe. As linguists continue to ...
