Sprachbund

obsolete, widely rejected supergroup of Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Koreanic and Japonic language families

A sprachbund ( , from , 'language federation'; or sprachbunds), also known as a linguistic area, area of linguistic convergence, or diffusion area, is a group of languages that share areal features resulting from geographical proximity and language contact. The languages may be genetically unrelated, or only distantly related, but the sprachbund characteristics might give a false appearance of relatedness.

language family

sprachbund among the languages of the Balkans from the Slavic, Hellenic, Romance, Albanian, Indo-Aryan and Turkic language families

thumb|400px|Historic Indosphere cultural influence zone of [[Greater India for transmission of religion, music, arts, and cuisine

linguistic feature arising through language contact rather than common descent

group the modern Indo-European languages of Europe with shared common features

a culture massively influenced by Iranian culture

sprachbund containing many of the languages natively spoken in the cultural area of Mesoamerica

geolinguistic region sharing areal features such as tonality

interjection