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|[[Vaniua]], [[Parshita]] | |[[Vaniua]], [[Parshita]] | ||
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|[[Argeyazic languages]] | |[[Argeyazic languages]] | ||
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|[[ | |[[Baitaar languages]] | ||
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|? | |||
|[[Vaniua]], [[Parshita]] | |||
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|[[Baredan languages]] | |[[Baredan languages]] | ||
| 4 | | 4 | ||
| 55,208,000 | | 55,208,000 | ||
|[[ | |[[Ekuosia]] | ||
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|[[Parshita]] | |[[Parshita]] | ||
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|[[Soltenna]] | |[[Soltenna]] | ||
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|[[Degic languages]] | |||
|2 | |||
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|[[Northern Miraria]] | |||
|[[Ryamaian languages]] | |||
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|[[East-Mirarian languages]] | |[[East-Mirarian languages]] | ||
|50+ | |50+ | ||
|50,000,000+ | |50,000,000+ | ||
|[[ | |[[Northern Miraria]], [[Parshita]] | ||
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|[[Nagu]] | |[[Nagu]] | ||
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|[[Jö-Ku languages]] | |[[Jö-Ku languages]] | ||
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|[[Puzimm]] | |[[Puzimm]] | ||
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|[[Konaaczinh languages]] | |[[Konaaczinh languages]] | ||
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|[[Ekuosia]] | |[[Ekuosia]] | ||
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|[[Lhochan languages]] | |||
|3 | |||
|2,400,000 | |||
|[[Yakormonyo]] | |||
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|[[ | |[[Northern Miraria]] | ||
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|[[ | |[[Maithic languages]] | ||
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|[[Soltenna]], [[Northern Miraria]]? | |||
|[[Soltenna]] | |||
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|[[ | |[[Paroan languages]] | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
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|[[Parshita]] | |[[Parshita]] | ||
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|[[ | |[[KamPatuk languages]] | ||
| | |4? | ||
| | |100-150,000 | ||
|[[ | |[[Northern Miraria]] | ||
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|[[ | |[[Pink languages]] | ||
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|[[Ekuosia]] | |[[Ekuosia]] | ||
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|[[ | |[[Ruic languages]] | ||
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|[[ | |[[Soltenna]] | ||
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|[[Parshita]], [[Tlukeria]] | |[[Parshita]], [[Tlukeria]] | ||
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|[[ | |[[Sirchak languages]] | ||
|2 | |||
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|[[Northern Miraria]], [[Soltenna]] | |||
|[[ | |[[Ryamaian languages]] | ||
|[[ | |||
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|[[Theweric languages]] | |[[Theweric languages]] | ||
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|[[ | |[[Tulipi-Lakup languages]] | ||
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|[[ | |[[Northern Miraria]] | ||
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|[[Upper Borosan languages]] | |||
|10? | |||
|~100,000,000 | |||
|[[Boroso]] | |||
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|[[Vaniua]] | |[[Vaniua]] | ||
|[[Ryamaian languages]] | |||
|[[ | |||
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|[[ | |[[Vemgha languages]] | ||
| | |2-3 | ||
| | |6,500 | ||
|[[ | |[[Northern Miraria]] | ||
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|[[ | |[[Yisi languages]] | ||
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|[[Puzimm]] | |||
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|[[ | |[[Ystelo-Atruozan languages]] | ||
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|[[ | |[[South Baredina]], [[Ystel]] | ||
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|[[ | |[[Yucho languages]] | ||
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This set of lists of language families also includes language isolates, unclassified languages, extinct language groups, and signed languages.
Language families
In the following chart, each row is a recognized language family, with data on how many languages belong to each family, which regions they are primarily spoken in and by how many people as a first language. Note that only extant languages are counted, no extinct ones. Thus, a family can have one language if the other languages have gone extinct.
Language isolates
Language isolates are languages which are not part of any known family and they can be alternatively described as being its sole representative.
Baredina
Boroso
Miraria
Nagu
Unclassified languages
Languages are considered unclassified either because, for one reason or another, little effort has been made to compare them with other languages or more commonly, because they are too poorly documented to permit reliable classification: most such languages are extinct and, most likely, will never be known well enough to classify.
Miraria
Extinct families and unclassified languages
This section lists extinct languages and families which have no known living relatives; while a minority of these is well known but still classified as genetically independent, the lack of attestation makes many of these hard to put into larger groups.
| Name | Languages | Year of death | Location | Well-attested? | Proposed parent family |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chikishon languages | 2 | 5th century CE | Central Magali | Yes | Ngerupic languages (not commonly accepted) |
| Halarian language | 1 | 5th century BCE | Azerin, Barradiwa | Yes | Ekuo-Lahiri languages |
Creoles and mixed languages
Termic creoles
Shohuanese creoles
Sign languages
The family relationships of sign languages are not well established due to a lag in linguistic research, and many are isolates. Some established sign language families include:
- Silent languages (sign languages derived from Magali's Silent Tongue).
Sign language isolates include:
- Manual Vodholk (Achiyitqana)
- Pomvonuka (Rovenia and Madinia)