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Here is a
chart showing the Indo-European languages in a tree format.
The numbers in parentheses indicate the rank of each
language, in terms of the number of current worldwide
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Indo-European Languages Tree (Languages shown in parentheses are extinct.) |
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Celtic |
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(Goidelic) |
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Irish |
Scots Gaelic |
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(Brythonic) |
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Welsh |
Breton |
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Germanic |
W. Germanic |
Anglo-Frisian |
(Old English) |
(Middle English) |
English (4) |
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(Old Frisian) |
Frisian |
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German (10) |
Low German |
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Plattdeutsch |
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(O.L.Franconian) |
Dutch |
Flemish |
S.A. Dutch |
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High German |
Alemannic |
Alsacian |
Bavarian |
Franconian |
German |
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P. Dutch |
Swiss |
Yiddish |
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N. Germanic |
O.W. Norse |
Icelandic |
Farcese |
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Norwegian |
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O.E. Norse |
Norwegian |
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Danish |
Swedish |
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Italic |
(Oscan) |
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(Umbrian) |
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(Latin) |
Catalan |
French (11) |
Italian |
Portuguese(7) |
Provencal |
Romanian |
Spanish (3) |
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Slavonic |
W. Slavic |
Czech |
Polish |
Slovak |
Sorbian |
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S. Slavic |
Bulgarian |
Serb-Croatian |
Slovene |
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E. Slavic |
Russian (8) |
Ukrainian |
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Albanian |
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Greek |
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Armenian |
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Baltic |
Lithuanian |
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Lettish |
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Indo-Iranian |
Iranian |
(Avestan) |
Pashto |
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(Old Persian) |
Baluchi |
Kurdish |
Ossetic |
Persian |
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Indic |
(Sanskrit) |
(Prakrit) |
(Pali) |
Bengali (5) |
Bihari |
Bhili |
Gujarati |
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Hindi (2) |
Marathi |
Pahari |
Panjabi (14) |
Rajasthani |
Sindhi |
Urdu (13) |
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The languages below are not Indo-European, but they are the other most spoken languages on Earth, with number of speakers rank. Mandarin is spoken by more people than any other language. |
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Not shown: |
Mandarin (1) |
Arabic (6) |
Japanese (9) |
Malay (12) |
Korean (15) |
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Vaughn's Summaries (One-Pagers) ©2004, 2005 Vaughn Aubuchon ... All Rights Reserved http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com This Vaughns 1-Pagers Indo-European Languages Tree Summary chart web page was updated on 2006-11-10. |