contentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 20 days agoA cool guide for old world language family treei.redd.itimagemessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1173arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1164arrow-down1imageA cool guide for old world language family treei.redd.itcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareReshyurem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·20 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-squaredeus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·20 days agoThey’re not missing, they just belong to an entirely different family. These are Dravidian languages, not Indo-European.
minus-squareSerpent@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 days agoFascinating, and what about Basque?
minus-squareSaeveo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·20 days agoBasque is a language isolate and is thought to be unrelated to the Indo-European languages in this graphic.
minus-squareegonallanon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·20 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.