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European languages, DYK Fact #193

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B_Headstone	Posted: 17:41 Tuesday 17 April 2007
Medieval Times Group: Friends Posts: 67 Member No.: 25 Joined: 07 Apr 2007	Did you know? Most of the languages spoken in Europe belong to the Indo-European family, a diverse group of languages with several notable branches. The Germanic (or Teutonic) branch includes English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Icelandic. (It also includes Afrikaans, which is spoken in South Africa.) The Romance branch includes French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan and Romanian. The Slavic branch includes Polish, Czech, Croatian, Slovenian, Slovak, Serbian, Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian and Belarusian. The Celtic branch includes Welsh, Irish, Cornish, Manx, Scottish Gaelic and Breton. The Baltic branch includes Latvian and Lithuanian. Other Indo-European languages spoken in Europe include Greek and Albanian. On the other hand, languages spoken in Europe that do not belong to the Indo-European family include Finnish, Hungarian and Estonian (which belong to the Uralic family), as well as Maltese (which belongs to the Semitic family) and Turkish (which some linguists put in the Altaic family).

Athene_noctua	Posted: 18:29 Tuesday 17 April 2007
Beyond Infinity Group: Admin Posts: 2 202 Member No.: 2 Joined: 03 Jan 2007	Did you know? Basque is yet another language spoken in Europe that does not belong to the Indo-European family. Indeed, Basque has no known relation to any living language. -------------------- *Athene noctua*

Sophie

Posted: 16:30 Wednesday 30 November 2011

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QUOTE (B_Headstone @ 17:41 Tuesday 17 April 2007)

The Germanic (or Teutonic) branch includes English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Icelandic. (It also includes Afrikaans, which is spoken in South Africa.)

And Luxembourgish, which is spoken in Luxembourg.

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Sylvia	Posted: 17:05 Wednesday 30 November 2011
Renaissance Group: Friends Posts: 133 Member No.: 170 Joined: 30 Aug 2010	And Faroese, which is spoken in the Faroe Islands. -------------------- Sylvia A. Anderson

Sophie	Posted: 17:23 Wednesday 30 November 2011
Renaissance Group: Friends Posts: 139 Member No.: 171 Joined: 04 Sep 2010	And Frisian, which is spoken in Friesland, a province of the Netherlands. -------------------- Σοφία

B_Headstone	Posted: 16:19 Tuesday 13 December 2011
Medieval Times Group: Friends Posts: 67 Member No.: 25 Joined: 07 Apr 2007	Did you know? There are North Frisian, West Frisian, and Saterland Frisian.

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