contentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 years agoA cool guide for old world language family treei.redd.itimagemessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up1187arrow-down110file-textcross-posted to: luxembourg@lemmit.online
arrow-up1177arrow-down1imageA cool guide for old world language family treei.redd.itcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square49linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: luxembourg@lemmit.online
minus-squareReshyurem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 years agoThen where’s Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. Thought I’d see it around Sinhalese but they’re missing. No south india representation :(
minus-squaredeus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agoThey’re not missing, they just belong to an entirely different family. These are Dravidian languages, not Indo-European.
minus-squareSerpent@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoFascinating, and what about Basque?
minus-squareSaeveo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 years agoBasque is a language isolate and is thought to be unrelated to the Indo-European languages in this graphic.
minus-squareegonallanon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·2 years 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.