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==Language families==
==Language families==
{{See also|List of languages by total amount of speakers}}
{{See also|List of languages by total amount of speakers}}
In the following, each bullet item is a known or suspected language family.  
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.  


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Revision as of 12:26, 23 February 2018

This set of lists of language families also includes language isolates, unclassified languages and other types.

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.

Family name Languages Current speakers Location Proposed parent family
Adzo-Neviran languages Ekuosia, Puzimm Ekuo-Lahiri languages
Alpic languages Alpa
Amaian languages Vaniua, Parshita
Argeyazic languages Ekuosia
Asuranesian languages Asuranesia, Nagu
Atruozan languages South Baredina, Ystel
Baredan languages South Baredina
Bavkir languages Upper Boroso, Ekuosia
Cathani languages Parshita
Colian languages Soltenna
Daleic languages Ekuosia, Puzimm, Parshita
Darkinic languages Soltenna
Jö-Ku languages Parshita
Kame languages Parshita
Kencha languages Puzimm
Kõ languages Ekuosia
Lahiri languages Lahan Ekuo-Lahiri languages
Letsic languages Ekuosia
Maakpauean languages North Miraria
Methic languages Soltenna
Mherdic languages Boroso
Milevic languages Parshita Shaelic languages
Ngerupic languages Akulanen, Soltenna, Ekuosia
Õlukalic languages Parshita
Otjesi-Lonish languages Ekuosia
Pagaks languages Parshita
Palawe languages Ekuosia
Paroan languages Parshita
Q'eb languages Ekuosia Ekuo-Lahiri languages
Quatic languages Northwest Miraria
Rartakan languages Parshita
Rietic languages Soltenna
Saru-Asuran languages Lahan, Asuranesia
Shekkuan languages Shekku Shaelic languages
Sitr-Yenan languages Soltenna
Theweric languages Upper Boroso
Tiengic languages Parshita
Tlukeric languages Parshita Shaelic languages
Vaniuan languages Vaniua
Varkanic languages Draconic Sea Islands
Voontic languages Vaniua
Xhovian languages South Baredina
Ystellic languages Ystel

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

Miraria


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.


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.


Other language classifications

The classification of languages into families, assumes that all of them develop from a single parent proto-language and evolve over time into different daughter language(s). While the vast majority of tongues fit this description fairly well, there are exceptions. A mixed language often refers to a particular combination of existing ones, which may stem from different families: a pidgin is a simple language used for communication between groups; this may involve simplification and/or mixing of multiple languages. When a pidgin develops into a more stable language which children learn from birth, it is usually called a "creole."


Sign languages

The family relationships of sign languages are not well established due to a lagging in linguistic research, and many are isolates.