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28
Aug

6 language family trees that will make you want to learn them all

We recently shared an illustration showing many of the world’s languages and how they’re all related to each other. And a lot of you really liked it, so we thought we’d give you a closer look at each language family.

With some familiar names and some not quite so familiar, these illustrations show the staggering variety of languages spoken in the world (and this isn’t even all of them!). We’re always fascinated to learn about new or unusual languages, so please do get in touch if you’d like to tell us about yours.

And if you’d like to share any of the images below, please do 🙂

Afro-Asiatic

Afro-Asiatic language family tree

AustronesianAustronesian language family tree

Indo-EuropeanIndo-European language family tree

Nilo-SaharanNilo-Saharan language family tree

Sino-TibetanSinoTibetan language family tree

TurkicTurkic language family tree