Skip to content

Chapter XXI: Appendix: C

Text size

CLASSIFICATION OF LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN EUROPE

Group Branches Languages

A. CELTIC 1. Gaelic
a. Irish
b. Highland Scotch
c. Manx
2. Cymric
a. Welsh
b. Low Breton

B. ROMANIC 1. French
2. Italian
3. Spanish
4. Provençal
5. Portuguese
6. Romansh or Churwaelsh
7. Rumanian

C. GERMANIC Scandinavian 1. Swedish
2. Danish
3. Icelandic

Germanic 1. High German
2. Low German
3. Dutch, including Flemish
4. Frisian
5. English

D. SLAVIC Western 1. Polish
2. Bohemian
3. Wend

Eastern 1. Russian, including Ruthenian
2. Bulgarian
3. Serbian, including Croatian

E. LETTIC 1. Lettish
2. Lithuanian

F. HELLENIC Greek

G. ILLYRIC Albanian

H. INDIC Gipsy or Romany

In addition to the above the following non-Indo-European languages are spoken in Europe:

Family Group Branch Language

TURANIAN FINNIC Tchudic 1. Finnic
2. Esthonian
3. Tchud
4. Lapp
5. Voth
6. Livonian

Permian 1. Votiak
2. Sirian
3. Permiak

Volgaic 1. Tchuvash
2. Mordoin
3. Cheremiss

Ugric 1. Hungarian
2. Samoyed

TATARIC Turkish

CAUCASIAN 1. Lesghian
2. Circassian

BASQUE Basque or Euskara

Comments

Log in to leave a comment.

The Frontiers of Language and Nationality in EuropeChapter XXI: Appendix: C

0%1 min left in chapter