Contains

• Amerind

  Any of the languages spoken by Amerindians.

• Indo-European

  The family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts...

• Afroasiatic

  A large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa.

• Caucasian

  A number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken e...

• Dravidian

  A large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka.

• Sino-Tibetan

  The family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia.

• Austronesian

  The family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and Polynesia.

• Nilo-Saharan

  A family of East African languages spoken by Nilotic peoples from the Sahara south...

• tone language

  A language in which different tones distinguish different meanings.

• Eskimo-Aleut

  The family of languages that includes Eskimo and Aleut.

• Ural-Altaic

  A (postulated) group of languages including many of the indigenous languages of Russia...

• Niger-Kordofanian

  The family of languages that includes most of the languages spoken in Africa south...

• Austro-Asiatic

  A family of languages spoken in southern and southeastern Asia.

• creole

  A mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages.

• Khoisan

  A family of languages spoken in southern Africa.

• Basque

  The language of the Basque people; of no known relation to any other language.

• Elamitic

  An extinct ancient language of unknown affinities; spoken by the Elamites.

• Chukchi

  An indigenous and isolated language of unknown origin spoken by the Chukchi that is pronounced...

• Hmong

  A language of uncertain affiliation spoken by the Hmong.

• Kassite

  An ancient language spoken by the Kassites.

• mother tongue

  One's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation...

• Papuan

  Any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon...