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This article is a list of language families. This list only includes primary language families that are accepted by the current academic consensus in the field of linguistics ; for language families that are not accepted by the current academic consensus in the field of linguistics, see the article " List of proposed language families ".
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.
Index of languages by language family. Languages are grouped into 135 families consisting of languages that are known or thought to be related. For example, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and other Romance languages all developed from Latin, and form one branch of the Indo-European language family.
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.
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.
3. Okt. 2023 · Language families. Language "families" are groups of related languages: One language gives rise to many dialects (probably spoken in different areas), those dialects become increasingly distinct, they become different enough to be called separate languages, each of those languages gives rise to its own dialects, and the cycle continues!
