Languages of the world


Languages of the world fall into classes based on geographic origin. These studies include historical linuistics and how specificl languages have changed and developed.	Sapience Home Site Map About Sapience Culture Conceptual Culture Language

Languages of the world fall into classes based on geographic origin. These studies include historical linuistics and how specificl languages have changed and developed.

Indo-European languages

These include an ancient division of Anatolian languages, a Western division which includes Germanic, Romance and other italic languages Greek, and celtic languages, and an eastern division which includes Albanian, Armenian, Balt-Slavics, Indo-Iranian, and Tocharian languages.

Afro-Asiatic languages

Also known as the Hamito-Semitic language family, this includes Semitic languages such as Hebrew and Arabic, Egyptian, Cushitic, Chadic, and Berber languages of northern Africa.

Asiatic languages

These language families include Central Asian, Indian, Oriental, and Southeast Asian/Oceanic languages.

African languages

These language families include Nilo-Saharan, Niger-Congo, and Khoisan languges

American Indian languags.

These are grouped geographicly and include North American, Meso-American, and South American families.


This will include connections to science, personal studies, anthropology, other areas of culture, and institutions. Sociology is important. Social structure and change and communities peoples of the world are closely linked to languages. Peoples of the world are closely connected, and particular nations, and major groupings such as Asiatic peoples, Western civilization, African peoples, and American Indian peoples are all useful.	Links to other sites
Languages of the world have an extensive history. Very little is known of their prehistory, except through linguistic comparison. In Antiquity, they are easier to trace because of written forms. Their classical and medieval history can be followed in some cases, and they have been extenively studied in modern times. Their future is not yet examined here.

This will include connections to science, personal studies, anthropology, other areas of culture, and institutions. Sociology is important. Social structure and change and communities peoples of the world are closely linked to languages. Peoples of the world are closely connected, and particular nations, and major groupings such as Asiatic peoples, Western civilization, African peoples, and American Indian peoples are all useful.

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Languages of the world have an extensive history. Very little is known of their prehistory, except through linguistic comparison. In Antiquity, they are easier to trace because of written forms. Their classical and medieval history can be followed in some cases, and they have been extenively studied in modern times. Their future is not yet examined here.