Language history
The Indo-European Languages
I
N
D
O
-
E
U
R
O
P
E
A
N |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Latvian |
| Baltic |
- |
- |
- |
Lithuanian |
|
|
|
|
|
| - |
- |
Gaelic |
- |
Irish |
| Celtic |
Island-
Celtic |
- |
- |
Scottish |
| - |
- |
Old-Brittish |
- |
Welsh |
|
|
|
|
|
| - |
- |
- |
- |
Swedish |
| - |
North-
Germanic |
Pre-
Nordic |
- |
Danish |
| - |
- |
- |
Norse |
Norwegian |
| Germanic |
- |
- |
- |
Icelandic |
| - |
- |
- |
- |
German |
| - |
West- Germanic |
- |
- |
English |
| - |
- |
- |
- |
Dutch |
|
|
|
|
|
| Greek |
- |
- |
- |
Greek |
|
|
|
|
|
| - |
- |
Sanskrit |
- |
Hindi |
Indo-
Iranian |
- |
- |
- |
Romani |
| - |
- |
- |
- |
Persian |
|
|
|
|
|
| - |
- |
- |
- |
French |
| - |
- |
- |
- |
Italian |
| Italic |
- |
Latin |
- |
Portugese |
| - |
- |
- |
- |
Rumanian |
| - |
- |
- |
- |
Spanish |
|
|
|
|
|
| - |
- |
West |
- |
Polish |
| Slavic |
- |
East |
- |
Russian |
| - |
- |
South |
- |
Bulgarian |
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Language
How to read this chart:
The column to the far left means that all the languages come from Indo
European.
The next column shows which languages IndoEuropean turned into, and
so on.
The colors also indicate how the languages have developed.
The languages listed to the far right in bold letters are some of the
modern Indo-European languages.
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