Language Families Flashcards

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United States

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Main Language Family: Indo-European
Notable: Native languages interspersed

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Canada

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Main Language Family: Indo-European
Notable: Some Native Languages

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Latin America

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Main Language Family: Indo-European

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Caribbean

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Main Language Family: Indo-European
Notable: Quechuan in Peru, Native languages in the Amazon interior

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Latin America

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Main Language Family: Indo-European
Notable: Native languages in Amazon

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Eastern Europe

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Main Language Family: Indo-European
Notable: Hungary and Finland are Uralic

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Western Europe

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Main Language Family: Indo-European

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North Africa

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Main Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

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West Africa

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Main Language Family: Afro-Asiatic and Niger Congo
Notable: Indo-European as Lingua Franca (French/English)

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Central Africa

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Main Language Family: Nilo-Saharan and Niger-Congo

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East Africa

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Main Language Family: Nilo-Saharan and Afro-Asiatic

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Southern Africa

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Main Language Family: Indo-European, Austronesian, and Niger-Congo
Notable: Local languages in South Africa/Namibia

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Middle East

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Main Language Family: Afro-Asiatic and Indo-European
Notable: Altaic (Turkish)

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Central Asia

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Main Language Family: Altaic

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Siberia

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Main Language Family: Indo-European
Notable: Some Altaic groups

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South Asia

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Main Language Family: Indo-European and Dravidian

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East Asia

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Main Language Family: Sino-Tibetan and Japanese

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Southeast Asia

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Main Language Family: Austronesian and Tai-Kadal
Notable: Austro-Asiatic, and Sino-Tibetan

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Australia

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Main Language Family: Indo-European
Notable: Aboriginal Languages in Outback