| Language
|
Major Group
|
Group
|
Sub-Group
|
| Adyghe
|
Circassian (Adyghian)
|
Abkhazo-Adyghian
|
Caucasian
|
| Afrikaans |
Indo-European |
Western Germanic |
|
| Albanian |
Independent Indo-European branch |
|
|
| American English |
Indo-European |
Western Germanic |
|
| Amharic |
Afro-Asiatic (Ethiopia) |
|
|
| Amuesha
|
Andean
|
Equatorial
|
|
| Armenian |
Indo-European |
Independent |
|
| Assamese |
Indo-European |
Indo-Iranian |
Indic |
| Azerbaijani |
Altaic |
Turkic |
|
| Bambara |
Niger-Congo |
|
|
| Basque |
Independent (Spain) |
|
|
| Bemba |
Niger-Kordofanian |
|
|
| Bengali |
Indo-European |
Indo-Iranian |
Indic |
| Breton |
Celtic |
Brythonic (France) |
|
| British English |
Indo-European |
Germanic |
Western |
| Bulgarian |
Indo-European |
Southern Slavic |
|
| Burmese |
Sino-Tibetan |
|
|
| Cambodian |
Mom-Khmer |
|
|
| Cantonese Chinese |
Sino-Tibetan |
Sinitic |
|
| Catalan |
Indo-European |
Romance (Spain) |
|
| Central
Arrernte
|
Australian
|
|
|
| Chamorro
|
Austronesian
|
Indonesian
|
|
| Czech |
Indo-European |
Western Slavic |
|
| Danish |
Germanic |
Scandinavian |
|
| Dinka |
Chari-Nile |
|
|
| Dutch |
Indo-European |
Germanic |
Western |
| Efik |
Niger-Congo |
|
|
| Egyptian Arabic |
Afro-Asiatic |
Semitic |
|
| Eskimo aka Inuit |
Eskimo-Aleut |
|
|
| Estonian |
Uralic |
Finno-Ugric |
|
| Etsako |
Niger-Congo |
Kwa
|
Edo
|
| Ewe |
Niger-Kordofanian |
|
|
| Fanti |
Niger-Congo |
|
|
| Faroese |
Germanic |
Scandinavian |
|
| Finnish |
Uralic |
Finno-Ugric |
|
| French |
Indo-European |
Romance |
|
| Fulani |
Niger-Kordofanian |
|
|
| Galician |
variety of Portuguese |
|
|
| Ganda |
Bantu |
|
|
| Georgian |
Southern Caucasian |
|
|
| German |
Indo-European |
Western Germanic |
|
| Greek |
Indo-European |
Hellenic |
|
| Gujarati |
Indo-European |
Indo-Iranian |
Indic |
| Gã |
Niger-Congo |
|
|
| Hakka |
Chinese |
Sino-Tibetan |
Sinitic |
| Hausa |
Afro-Asiatic |
Chadic |
|
| Hebrew |
Afro-Asiatic |
Semitic |
|
| Hindi |
Indo-European |
Indo-Iranian |
Indic |
| Hottentot |
Khoisan |
|
|
| Hungarian |
Uralic |
Finno-Ugric |
|
| Icelandic |
Germanic |
Scandinavian |
|
| Igbo |
Niger-Kordofanian |
|
|
| Indonesian |
Austronesian (aka Malayo-Polynesian) |
|
|
| Irish English |
Indo-European |
Western Germanic |
|
| Irish Gaelic aka Irish |
Indo-European |
Celtic |
Goidelic |
| Isoko |
Nigeria |
|
|
| Italian |
Indo-European |
Romance |
|
| Itsekiri
|
Nigeria
|
|
|
| Japanese |
Independent |
|
|
| Javanese |
Austronesian (aka Malayo-Polynesian) |
|
|
| Kabardian |
Western Caucasian |
|
|
| Kanuri |
Chari-Nile |
Saharan |
|
| Kashmiri |
Indo-European |
Indo-Iranian |
Indic |
| Kikuyu |
Niger-Congo |
|
|
| Klamath
|
Penutian
|
|
Oregan
|
| Konkani |
Indo-European |
Indo-Iranian |
Indic |
| Korean |
Independent |
|
|
| Kurdish |
Indo-European |
Indo-Iranian |
|
| Lappish
|
Uralic
|
Finno-Ugaric
|
Finnic
|
| Latvian |
Indo-European |
Baltic |
|
| Lithuanian |
Indo-European |
Baltic |
|
| Lusatian |
Indo-European |
Western Slavic |
|
| Malayalam |
Dravidian |
|
|
| Mandarin Chinese |
Sino-Tibetan |
Sinitic |
|
| Maori |
Austronesian (aka Malayo-Polynesian) |
|
|
| Marathi |
Indo-European |
Indo-Iranian |
Indic |
| Masai
|
Nilo-Hamitic
|
Sahaian
|
|
| Mende |
Niger-Congo |
|
|
| Mongolian |
Altaic |
|
|
| Moroccan |
Arabic |
Afro-Asiatic |
Semitic |
| Navaho |
Na-Dene (New Mexico) |
|
|
| Norwegian |
Germanic |
Scandinavian |
|
| Nuer |
Chari-Nile Saharan |
|
|
| Nupe |
Niger-Congo |
|
|
| Oriya |
Indo-European |
Indo-Iranian |
|
| Osmanli
|
Ural-Altaic
|
|
|
| Pashto |
Indo-European |
Indo-Iranian |
|
| Persian aka Farsi |
Indo-European |
Indo-Iranian |
|
| Polish |
Indo-European |
Western Slavic |
|
| Portuguese |
Indo-European |
Romance |
|
| Provençal |
Indo-European |
Romance |
|
| Punjabi |
Indo-European |
Indo-Iranian Indic |
|
| Quechua |
Quechuan (Bolivia & Peru) |
|
|
| Romanian |
Indo-European |
Romance |
|
| Russian |
Indo-European |
Eastern Slavic |
|
| Scots |
Celtic |
Goidelic |
Gaelic |
| Scottish English |
Indo-European |
Western |
Germanic |
| Serbo-Croatian |
Indo-European |
Southern Slavic |
|
| Shan |
Sino-Tibetan |
|
|
| Shona |
Niger-Congo |
|
|
| Sindhi |
Indo-European |
Indo-Iranian |
|
| Sinhalese |
Indo-European |
Indo-Iranian |
Indic |
| Slovak |
Indo-European |
Western Slavic |
|
| Slovenian aka Slovene |
Indo-European |
Southern Slavic |
|
| Somali |
Afro-Asiatic |
Cushitic |
|
| Sotho |
Niger-Congo |
|
|
| Spanish |
Indo-European |
Romance |
|
| Sundanese |
Austronesian (aka Malayo-Polynesian) |
Indonesian |
|
| Swahili |
Niger-Congo |
|
|
| Swedish |
Germanic |
Scandinavian |
|
| Swiss
German
|
Indo-European
|
Western Germanic |
(Zürich)
|
| Szechuanese |
Sino-Tibetan |
Sinitic |
|
| Tagalog |
Austronesian (aka Malayo-Polynesian) |
Indonesian |
|
| Tamil |
Dravidian |
|
|
| Telugu |
Dravidian |
|
|
| Thai |
Sino-Tibetan |
|
|
| Thonga |
Niger-Congo |
|
|
| Tibetan |
Sino-Tibetan |
|
|
| Tiv |
Niger-Congo |
|
|
| Tswana |
Niger-Congo |
|
|
| Turkish |
Altaic Turkic |
|
|
| Twi |
Niger-Congo |
|
|
| Urhobo |
Niger-Congo |
|
|
| Vietnamese |
Independent |
|
|
| Visayan |
Austronesian (aka Malayo-Polynesian) |
Indonesian |
|
| Warlpiri
|
Australian
|
|
|
| Welsh |
Celtic |
Brythonic |
|
| Wolof |
Niger-Congo |
|
|
| Xhosa |
Niger-Congo |
|
|
| Yoruba |
Niger-Congo |
|
|
| Zapotec |
Oto-Manguean (Mexico) |
|
|
| Zulu |
Bantu |
|
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