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113191284812 Billion peopleHow many Indo-European Native Speakers are there?0
11319146737430 LanguagesHow many Indo-European Languages are there?1
11319166720Europe, SW Asia (Iran), S Asia (Pakistan, India)Indo-European Diffusion Hypothesis2
11319178330North America, South America, and AustraliaIndo-European Colonialism3
11319187682Romance, Germanic, Slavic, Indo-Aryan, Indo-Iranian, Celtic, GreekMajor Indo-European Groups4
11319212054Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, French, SpanishMajor Romance Languages (Latin based)5
11319220758English, Dutch, German, Flemish, Norwegian, SwedishMajor Germanic Languages6
11319248443Russian, Polish, Czech, Serbian, CroatianMajor Slavic Languages7
11319252732Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, PunjabiMajor Indo-Aryan Languages8
11319257695Farsi (Persian)Major Indo-Iranian Language9
11319265325Welsh, Irish, Scottish, Cornish (mostly extinct)Major Celtic Languages10
113193125191.2 Billion PeopleHow many Sino-Tibetan Native Speakers are there?11
11319324591400 LanguagesHow many Sino-Tibetan Languages are there?12
11319336381East Asia, SE AsiaSino-Tibetan Spatial Extent13
11319365884Mandarin (most spoken native language in the world), Cantonese, Wu, BurmeseMajor Sino-Tibetan Languages14
11319378755360 Million PeopleHow many Niger-Congo Native Speakers are there?15
113194104341,500 LanguagesHow many Niger-Congo Languages are there?16
11319429450Sub - Saharan AfricaNiger-Congo Spatial Extent17
11319442214BantuMajor Niger-Congo Group18
11319447259SwahiliMajor Niger-Congo Language19
11319458013350 Million PeopleHow many Afro-Asiatic Native Speakers are there?20
11319473950350 LanguagesHow many Afro-Asiatic Languages are there?21
11319484001North Africa, SW Asia (think about the diffusion of Islam)Afro-Asiatic Spatial Extent22
11319499358ArabicMajor Afro-Asiatic Language23
11319512191310 Million PeopleHow many Austronesian Native Speakers are there?24
113195121921,300 LanguagesHow many Austronesian Languages are there?25
11319532176OceanaAustronesian Spatial Extent26
11319547498Tagalog, Javanese, Malay(Indonesian)Major Austronesian Languages27
11319556991120 Million PeopleHow many Austro-Asiatic Native Speakers are there?28
11319561372120 LanguagesHow many Austro-Asiatic Languages are there?29
11319575872SE Asia (Vietnam and Cambodia)Austro-Asiatic Spatial Extent30
11319583486VietnameseAustro-Asiatic Major Language31
11319592172450 Million PeopleHow many Altaic Native Speakers are there?32
11319597581100 LanguagesHow many Altaic Languages are there?33
11319605368Central Asia, Mongolia, (Korea, Japan - some consider these separate independent languages)Altaic Spatial Extent34
11319637545Turkish (Japanese, Korean - some consider these separate independent languages)Major Altaic Languages35
11319649571220 Million PeopleHow many Dravidian Native Speakers are there?36
1131966690170 LanguagesHow many Dravidian Languages are there?37
11319678038Southern IndiaDravidian Spatial Extent38
11319688254Tamil, TeluguMajor Dravidian Languages39
1131969542530 Million PeopleHow many Uralic Native Speakers are there?40
1131969979040 LanguagesHow many Uralic Languages are there?41
11319709378Hungary, Finland, EstoniaUralic Spatial Extent42
11319716210Hungarian, Finnish, EstonianMajor Uralic Languages43
11319726312South America (Andes, Amazon), North America (Native American Reservations, Alaska, Northern Canada)Amerindian Spatial Extent44
11319731708Quechua - language of the Inca in present day PeruMajor Amerindian Language45
11355202321Indo-EuropeanWhich Language Family has the most Native Speakers?46
11355212383Niger-CongoWhich Language Family has the most Languages?47
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