Language Families Flashcards
United States
Main Language Family: Indo-European
Notable: Native languages interspersed
Canada
Main Language Family: Indo-European
Notable: Some Native Languages
Latin America
Main Language Family: Indo-European
Caribbean
Main Language Family: Indo-European
Notable: Quechuan in Peru, Native languages in the Amazon interior
Latin America
Main Language Family: Indo-European
Notable: Native languages in Amazon
Eastern Europe
Main Language Family: Indo-European
Notable: Hungary and Finland are Uralic
Western Europe
Main Language Family: Indo-European
North Africa
Main Language Family: Afro-Asiatic
West Africa
Main Language Family: Afro-Asiatic and Niger Congo
Notable: Indo-European as Lingua Franca (French/English)
Central Africa
Main Language Family: Nilo-Saharan and Niger-Congo
East Africa
Main Language Family: Nilo-Saharan and Afro-Asiatic
Southern Africa
Main Language Family: Indo-European, Austronesian, and Niger-Congo
Notable: Local languages in South Africa/Namibia
Middle East
Main Language Family: Afro-Asiatic and Indo-European
Notable: Altaic (Turkish)
Central Asia
Main Language Family: Altaic
Siberia
Main Language Family: Indo-European
Notable: Some Altaic groups