List of Indo-European languages
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Non-Indo-European languages
Dotted areas indicate where multilingualism is common.The Indo-European languages include some 443 (SIL estimate) languages and dialects spoken by about three billion people, including most of the major language families of Europe and western Asia, which belong to a single superfamily. Each subfamily in this list contains many subgroups and individual languages.
[edit] Albanian language
[edit] Anatolian languages
[edit] Armenian language
- Modern Armenian
- Proto-Armenian (extinct)
- Classical Armenian (extinct)
- Middle Armenian (extinct)
[edit] Baltic languages
extinct languages:
- Old Prussian
- Curonian (disputed; see Origin of Curonian)
- Galindian
- Selonian
- Semigallian
- Sudovian / Yotvingian
[edit] Celtic languages
- Continental Celtic (all extinct; a paraphyletic grouping)
- Insular Celtic
[edit] Germanic languages
- East Germanic (all extinct)
- North Germanic
- West Germanic
[edit] Greek languages
- East Greek
- West Greek
[edit] Indo-Iranian languages
- Indo-Aryan languages
- Central Indo-Aryan languages
- East Central Indo-Aryan languages
- Eastern Indo-Aryan languages
- Bengali-Assamese languages
- Bihari languages
- Oriya languages
- Northern Indo-Aryan languages
- including Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi-Urdu
- Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages
- Dardic languages (The relation of this subgroup to other Indo Aryan languages is unclear.)
- Chitral languages
- Kashmiri language
- Kohistani languages
- Kunar languages
- Shina languages
- Lahnda Saraiki languages
- Jakati language
- Khetrani language
- Mirpur Panjabi language
- Northern Hindko language
- Saraiki language
- Southern Hindko language
- Western Panjabi language
- Gujarati languages
- Sindhi languages
- Dardic languages (The relation of this subgroup to other Indo Aryan languages is unclear.)
- Nuristani languages
- Sanskrit language
- Sinhalese-Maldivian languages
- Southern Indo-Aryan languages
- Unclassified
- Iranian languages
- Eastern Iranian languages
- Northeastern Iranian languages
- Southeastern Iranian languages
- Western Iranian languages
- Eastern Iranian languages
[edit] Italic languages
- Sabellic
- Latino-Faliscan
- Venetic language (either Italic or closely related to Italic)
[edit] Slavic languages
- Proto-Slavic language
- East Slavic languages
- South Slavic languages
- West Slavic languages
- Czech
- Kashubian (Pomeranian)
- Polish
- Silesian (disputed)
- Slovak
- Lower Sorbian
- Upper Sorbian
- Polabian (extinct)
- Knaanic (extinct)
[edit] Tocharian languages
- Tocharian A (Turfanian or East Tocharian)
- Tocharian B (Kuchean or West Tocharian)
[edit] Indo-European languages whose relationship to other languages in the family is unclear
- Cimmerian language, possibly related to Thracian or Iranian
- Ligurian language, possibly related to Italic or Celtic
- Lomavren language
- Ancient Macedonian language
- Dacian language
- Thracian language
- Illyrian language
- Messapian language
- Paionian language
- Phrygian language
[edit] References
- ^ Koch, John T (2010). Celtic from the West Chapter 9: Paradigm Shift? Interpreting Tartessian as Celtic. Oxbow Books, Oxford, UK. pp. 187–295. ISBN 978-1-84217-410-4.
- ^ Koch, John T (2011). Tartessian 2: The Inscription of Mesas do Castelinho ro and the Verbal Complex. Preliminaries to Historical Phonology. Oxbow Books, Oxford, UK. pp. 1–198. ISBN 978-1-907029-07-3. http://www.oxbowbooks.com/bookinfo.cfm/ID/91450//Location/Oxbow.
[edit] External links
- Indo-European language tree
- Indo-European languages family tree graphic
- Indo-European, Slavic, South;[1]
