Language Families

Browse the linguistic classification tree — from macro-families down to individual languages.

Afroasiatic
A major language phylum spanning North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and parts of the Sahel. Includes six branches: Berber…
2 sub-families
Indo-European
The world's largest language family by number of speakers, spanning Europe, the Iranian Plateau, and South Asia. Include…
2 sub-families
Niger-Congo
The world's largest language family by number of languages, with over 1,500 languages spoken across sub-Saharan Africa. …
1 sub-family
Nilo-Saharan
One of the major language phyla of Africa, spanning from the Nile Valley to central and eastern Africa. Includes approxi…
1 sub-family