Language Families
Major language families of the world.
The data
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- Family
- Indo-European
- Major languages
- English, Spanish, Hindi, Russian
- Region
- Europe, South Asia, Americas
1
- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- Major languages
- Mandarin, Cantonese, Burmese
- Region
- East Asia, Southeast Asia
2
- Family
- Afro-Asiatic
- Major languages
- Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic
- Region
- Middle East, North Africa
3
- Family
- Niger-Congo
- Major languages
- Swahili, Yoruba, Zulu
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
4
- Family
- Austronesian
- Major languages
- Indonesian, Tagalog, Malagasy
- Region
- Southeast Asia, Oceania, Madagascar
5
- Family
- Dravidian
- Major languages
- Tamil, Telugu, Kannada
- Region
- South India, Sri Lanka
6
- Family
- Uralic
- Major languages
- Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian
- Region
- Northern Eurasia
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