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Indo-European
language family native to western and southern Eurasia— Europe, Iran and India
Turkic
language family of Eurasia
Quechua
language family spoken primarily in the Andes region of South America
Afroasiatic
large language family of Africa and West Asia
language family
group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor
Uralic
language family prevalent in northern Eurasia
Austronesian
large language family mostly of Southeast Asia and the Pacific
Sino-Tibetan
language family native to Asia
Dravidian
language family mostly of southern India
Inuit–Yupik–Unangan
language family of the Arctic
Austroasiatic
language family of Continental Southeast Asia
Kartvelian
language family
Tungusic
language family
Ethnologue
Ethnologue: Languages of the World (stylized as Ethnoloɠue) is an annual reference publication in print and online that provides statistics and other information on the living languages of the world. It is the world's most comprehensive catalogue of languages. It was first issued in 1951 and is now published by SIL Global, an American evangelical Christian non-profit organization.
Mayan
language family spoken in Mesoamerica
Kra–Dai
language family of mainland Southeast Asia
Japonic
language family
Northeast Caucasian
language family
Northwest Caucasian
language family
Na-Dene
Native American language family
Uto-Aztecan
language family
Mande
language family of West Africa
Arawakan
language family
Yeniseian
language family of Siberia
Yukaghir
small family of two closely related languages – Tundra and Kolyma Yukaghir – spoken by the Yukaghir in the Russian Far East living in the basin of the Kolyma River
Siouan
language family
Nivkh
Palaeosiberian languages spoken in Eastern Siberia and Sakhaline
Iroquoian languages
linguistic family
list of language families
Wikimedia list article
Chukotko-Kamchatkan
language family
Tupian
language family of South America
Glottolog
Glottolog is an open-access online bibliographic database of the world's languages. In addition to listing linguistic materials (grammars, articles, dictionaries) describing individual languages, the database also contains the most up-to-date language affiliations based on the work of expert linguists.
Hmong–Mien
language family
Algic
language family
Oto-Manguean
language family
Trans–New Guinea
Southeast Papuan languages
Nilotic
small language family of East Africa
Cariban
group of languages
Muskogean
language family
Pama–Nyungan
Aboriginal Australian language family
Songhay
language family
Salishan
group of languages spoken in the United States and Canada
Atlantic–Congo
language family
Hurro-Urartian
extinct language family
Tanoan
language family
Aymaran
language family
Chibchan
language family
Dogon
dialect continuum of southeastern Mali
Nubian
language family
Barbacoan
language family spoken in Colombia and Ecuador
Mixe–Zoque
indigenous language family from southern Mexico
Wakashan
language family
Chonan
language family
Koreanic
language family consisting of Korean together with extinct ancient relatives
Caddoan
family of Native American languages
Saharan
Nilo-Saharan language family of north-central Africa
Keresan
language isolate of New Mexico, United States
Choco
language family
Tsimshianic
language family
Misumalpan
language family