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Language families map these connections by grouping together languages that share a common root ancestor or proto-language. For example, French and Spanish evolved from Latin, while Hindi and Punjabi evolved from Sanskrit, with both lines inheriting vocabulary from a common "Proto-Indo-European" ancestor.
Map of the world's language families [1880x740] MapPorn
The term language family is used to describe a number of related languages that are believed to share a same common ancestor, or proto-language. Linguists call each descendant of the same language family a daughter language, and all speakers within a language family are part of a common speech community.
Linguists have often used trees and branches as metaphors to explain
Animation: Map of Colonization (1492 - 2008): Today, Spanish has 399 million native speakers, but these are mostly concentrated in Latin America. English has 335 million native speakers under its belt, with a widespread reach all over the globe. Two Worlds, One Family
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The language family I have probably brought up the most, and the one you're probably most familiar with, is the Indo-European language family. This map shows you where modern English is, and I'm just highlighting Spanish right here, but you get the point. This is pretty much most of the Indo-European languages, at least the major players.
Language Families of the World (Updated) r/MapPorn
The following map shows the language families of Europe (distinguished by colour) and languages within those families. Note that the terms "language" and "dialect" are not mutually exclusive, and some of the languages shown in the map may be considered dialects of others.
World Map of Language Families by Yuri Koryakov 2012 r/LinguisticMaps
This section gives a list of the languages that appear on at least one map in the atlas, organized according to their genealogical classification.. in Ethnologue (Grimes 2000) or Ruhlen (1987), restricting to only two levels in the majority of cases, that of family, the highest level widely accepted by specialists, and genus, explained.
Language Family World Map Kenjutaku
A linguistic map is a thematic map showing the geographic distribution of the speakers of a language, or isoglosses of a dialect continuum of the same language, or language family. A collection of such maps is a linguistic atlas . The earliest such atlas was the Sprachatlas des Deutschen Reiches of Georg Wenker and Ferdinand Wrede, published.
Families of the Major Languages in the World [2512x1224] [OC] MapPorn
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Contemporary distribution (2005 map) of the world's major language families (in some cases geographic groups of families). This map includes only primary families i.e. branches are excluded. is a group of from a common , called the proto-language of that family.
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The Language Map Illustration. Source: Farandwide.com.. According to LinguisticSociety.org, a language family is a group of languages that can be shown to be genetically related to one another. Similar to how a person's family comprises people who share common ancestors, language families also come from shared lineages..
World map, based on the Language Family of each country's official
Fri 23 Jan 2015 06.17 EST 11.06 EDT Linguists have often used trees and branches as metaphors to explain and map the connections between language groups. Click on the image to enlarge.
The Fascinating Linguistic Features Of The Language Family
Where are the world's language families used?
A map of languages and language families of Europe r/languagelearning
The Sino-Tibetan Language Family — This is a huge family with over 400 members, most of which are found in East Asia, but speakers of these languages can be found around the globe. The Dravidian Language Family — With about 215 million speakers, the Dravidian languages are spoken in parts of Sri Lanka, Southern India, Pakistan and Nepal.
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Map of the Australian languages Distribution of language families and isolates north of Mexico at first contact The major South American language families Ethnolinguistic groups of mainland Southeast Asia Caucasian languages Distribution of the Uralic, Altaic, and Yukaghir languages Sign language families
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World Maps of Language Families 17 Comments / Article-Grid, Cartography, Linguistic Geography / By Martin W. Lewis For teaching a class on the history and geography of the world's major language families, good linguistic maps are essential. Unfortunately, serviceable maps that depict only language families are difficult to find.
World Map of Language Families by Yuri Koryakov 2012 LinguisticMaps
Map of World Languages| Language Player Chinese 143.1K word (s) Arabic 125K word (s) Hindi 15.7K word (s) Bengali 3.1K word (s) Russian 420.1K word (s) Japanese 115.5K word (s) Punjabi 1.5K word (s) Cantonese 1.7K word (s) Marathi 2K word (s) Javanese 1.7K word (s) Wu Malay 5.9K word (s) Turkish 23.1K word (s) Tamil 4.5K word (s) Persian
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Hokkaido (Japan) Altaic family proposed; maybe related to Jomon language Sakhalin Island, Amur River mouth Eskimo-Siberian family proposed Chukotko-Kamtchatkan Eskimo-Siberian family proposed Northern North America, Greenland Eskimo-Siberian family proposed South Asia (mostly South India) Related to extinct Elamic, Harappan and/or Lulubean?