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Language Families of the World
Old World Language Families
Besides my lists, there are detailed family trees for most of the language
families of the world at the Ethnologue site. Click here for the
index.
Indo-European language
list
Uralic language list
Altaic language list
Languages of the
Caucasus
Paleosiberian languages
Dravidian language
list
Sino-Tibetan language list
Kadai and Hmong-Mien
language lists
Austronesian
language list
Austro-Asiatic language
list
African language
families
Afro-Asiatic, Nilotic, Khoisan, Niger-Khordofanian
Languages of the Americas
- Some Languages and Families of
Mexico
- Major Language Families of
South America
- Languages of Brazil
Current locations of U.S. tribes can be found at the
"All
US Tribes" website.
- Native Languages of Oregon
- Eskimo-Aleut and
Na-Dene
(including Athabaskan)
- Wakashan, Salish, Chimakuan,
and
Kutenai (the "Mosan" languages)
- Algic (including
Algonquian) and Muskogean
- Siouan, Iroquoian, and
Caddoan
- Uto-Aztecan, Kiowa-Tanoan, and
Keresan
- Penutian
- Hokan
