Category
page 1Sprachbund
Altaic
obsolete, widely rejected supergroup of Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Koreanic and Japonic language families
sprachbund
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.
Eastern Iranian
language family
Balkan sprachbund
sprachbund among the languages of the Balkans from the Slavic, Hellenic, Romance, Albanian, Indo-Aryan and Turkic language families
Indosphere
thumb|400px|Historic Indosphere cultural influence zone of [[Greater India for transmission of religion, music, arts, and cuisine
areal feature
linguistic feature arising through language contact rather than common descent

Standard Average European
group the modern Indo-European languages of Europe with shared common features
Persianate society
a culture massively influenced by Iranian culture
Mesoamerican language area
sprachbund containing many of the languages natively spoken in the cultural area of Mesoamerica
Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area
geolinguistic region sharing areal features such as tonality
Re
interjection