contentbotB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish • 20 days agoA cool guide for old world language family treei.redd.itimagemessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1187arrow-down110file-text
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minus-squareReshyuremlinkfedilinkEnglish5•20 days agoThen where’s Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. Thought I’d see it around Sinhalese but they’re missing. No south india representation :(
minus-square@deus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish10•20 days agoThey’re not missing, they just belong to an entirely different family. These are Dravidian languages, not Indo-European.
minus-square@Saeveo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•20 days agoBasque is a language isolate and is thought to be unrelated to the Indo-European languages in this graphic.
minus-square@egonallanon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish0•20 days agoShould be with the celtic languages I believe.
Then where’s Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. Thought I’d see it around Sinhalese but they’re missing. No south india representation :(
They’re not missing, they just belong to an entirely different family. These are Dravidian languages, not Indo-European.
Fascinating, and what about Basque?
Basque is a language isolate and is thought to be unrelated to the Indo-European languages in this graphic.
Should be with the celtic languages I believe.