contentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 25 days agoA cool guide for old world language family treei.redd.itimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageA cool guide for old world language family treei.redd.itcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareReshyurem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·25 days 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-up0·25 days agoThey’re not missing, they just belong to an entirely different family. These are Dravidian languages, not Indo-European.
minus-squareSerpent@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·25 days agoFascinating, and what about Basque?
minus-squareegonallanon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·25 days agoShould be with the celtic languages I believe.
minus-squareSaeveo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·25 days agoBasque is a language isolate and is thought to be unrelated to the Indo-European languages in this graphic.
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?
Should be with the celtic languages I believe.
Basque is a language isolate and is thought to be unrelated to the Indo-European languages in this graphic.