contentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 months agoA cool guide for old world language family treei.redd.itexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1187arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1177arrow-down1external-linkA cool guide for old world language family treei.redd.itcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square49fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareReshyurem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months 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-up10·6 months agoThey’re not missing, they just belong to an entirely different family. These are Dravidian languages, not Indo-European.
minus-squareSaeveo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·6 months agoBasque is a language isolate and is thought to be unrelated to the Indo-European languages in this graphic.
minus-squareegonallanon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·6 months 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.