Explore the classification of all human languages in an interactive tree. View which languages are most closely related to each other and how they evolved.

Languages interpreted in terms of the putative phylogenetic tree of human languages are transmitted to a great extent vertically (by ancestry) as opposed to horizontally (by spatial diffusion).

Jun 9, 2015 · “When lin­guists talk about the his­tor­i­cal rela­tion­ship between lan­guages, they use a tree metaphor,” writes Men­tal Floss’ Ari­ka Okrent.

Oct 26, 2014 · Just like a family tree, we can think of branches as different families, and leaves as languages. By tracing these branches back we arrive at larger branches, such as Indo-European, …

Oct 19, 2023 · When a group of languages shares a common origin language, or a protolanguage, they can be considered a language family.

Jan 23, 2015 · Despite being close geographically, the tree highlights the distinct linguistic origins of Finnish from other languages in Scandinavia. Finnish belongs to the Uralic language family and...

This language evolutionary tree is generated fully automatically on the basis of 18 basic vocabulary items and a simplified sound correspondence point system. The farther left the branches get linked …

Comprehensive reference information for the world's languages, especially the lesser known languages. Information about the different languages, dialects, and families of the world ('languoids') is available …

Explore the fascinating world of language trees and their historical relationships between languages. Discover the visually stunning tree created by Minna Sundberg.

The chart below shows the relations among some of the languages in the Indo-European family. Though you wouldn’t think to look at the tangle of lines and arrows, the chart is very much simplified: many …