Language Families

I’ve always been fascinated by the relationship between languages and the anomalies such as the relationship between Finnish and Hungarian, the fact that Yiddish derives from German and that Basque doesn’t seem to correspond to any other language family!

This infographic sets out the language relationships as a family tree…

Source: http://mentalfloss.com/article/59665/feast-your-eyes-beautiful-linguistic-family-tree

Source: Feast Your Eyes on This Beautiful Linguistic Family Tree | Mental Floss

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