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World Language Family Classifications - HTML
Language family classification is a system for categorizing languages based on their historical relationships. Languages sharing a common ancestral language are grouped into the same language family, with major families including Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, Afro-Asiatic, and Uralic. These classifications provide an important framework for understanding the origins, distribution, and evolution of languages.
linguistics
language family
language classification
Indo-European
Sino-Tibetan
comparative linguistics
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<thead><tr><th>code</th><th>slug</th><th>name</th><th>description</th><th>distribution</th><th>languageCount</th><th>majorLanguages</th><th>speakerCount</th></tr></thead>
<tbody><tr><td>IE</td><td>indo-european</td><td>Indo-European</td><td>The language family with the largest number of speakers, widely used in Europe, India, and the Americas.</td><td>ヨーロッパ、南アジア、南北アメリカ、オーストラリア</td><td>446</td><td>["英語","スペイン語","ヒンディー語","フランス語","ドイツ語","ロシア語","ポルトガル語","イタリア語"]</td><td>33.9億</td></tr>
<tr><td>ST</td><td>sino-tibetan</td><td>Sino-Tibetan</td><td>A major East Asian language family including Chinese, characterized by tonal languages.</td><td>中国大陸、チベット、ミャンマー、台湾</td><td>461</td><td>["中国語（北京語、広東語など）","チベット語","ビルマ語（ミャンマー語）"]</td><td>14.7億</td></tr>
<tr><td>AA</td><td>afro-asiatic</td><td>Afro-Asiatic</td><td>A language family distributed in North Africa and the Middle East, including Arabic and Hebrew.</td><td>北アフリカ、東アフリカ、中東</td><td>376</td><td>["アラビア語","ヘブライ語","アムハラ語","ソマリ語","ハウサ語"]</td><td>6.68億</td></tr>
<tr><td>UR</td><td>uralic</td><td>Uralic</td><td>A language family including Finnish and Hungarian, mainly distributed in Northeast Europe and Siberia.</td><td>フィンランド、ハンガリー、エストニア、ロシア北部・シベリア</td><td>38</td><td>["フィンランド語","ハンガリー語","エストニア語","サーミ語"]</td><td>約2500万</td></tr>
<tr><td>NC</td><td>niger-congo</td><td>Niger-Congo</td><td>The language family with the largest number of languages, widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa.</td><td>サハラ砂漠以南のアフリカ</td><td>1532</td><td>["スワヒリ語","ヨルバ語","ズールー語","イボ語","ハウサ語"]</td><td>6.59億</td></tr>
<tr><td>AN</td><td>austronesian</td><td>Austronesian</td><td>The language family with the second largest number of languages, distributed from Taiwan to Pacific islands.</td><td>台湾、東南アジア島嶼部、太平洋諸島、マダガスカル</td><td>1221</td><td>["マレー語","インドネシア語","タガログ語","ジャワ語","ハワイ語","マダガスカル語"]</td><td>3.84億</td></tr>
<tr><td>DR</td><td>dravidian</td><td>Dravidian</td><td>A language family mainly distributed in South India with a distinct lineage separate from Indo-European.</td><td>南インド、スリランカ、パキスタン</td><td>80</td><td>["タミル語","テルグ語","カンナダ語","マラヤーラム語"]</td><td>約2.5億</td></tr>
<tr><td>AL</td><td>altaic</td><td>Altaic</td><td>A proposed language family including Turkish and Mongolian, though its classification remains controversial.</td><td>中央アジア、シベリア、トルコ</td><td>65</td><td>["トルコ語","モンゴル語","ウズベク語","カザフ語"]</td><td>約1.7億</td></tr>
<tr><td>KO</td><td>koreanic</td><td>Koreanic</td><td>A language family including Korean, with various theories regarding its genetic classification.</td><td>朝鮮半島</td><td>2</td><td>["韓国語・朝鮮語","済州語"]</td><td>約8000万</td></tr>
<tr><td>JP</td><td>japonic</td><td>Japonic</td><td>A language family including Japanese and Ryukyuan languages, with various theories regarding its genetic classification.</td><td>日本列島</td><td>12</td><td>["日本語","沖縄語","宮古語","八重山語"]</td><td>約1.25億</td></tr>
<tr><td>AU</td><td>austroasiatic</td><td>Austroasiatic</td><td>A language family distributed in mainland Southeast Asia, including Vietnamese and Khmer.</td><td>東南アジア大陸部、インド中部</td><td>170</td><td>["ベトナム語","クメール語（カンボジア語）","モン語"]</td><td>約9500万</td></tr>
<tr><td>KS</td><td>khoisan</td><td>Khoisan</td><td>A language family distributed in southern Africa, characterized by languages with click consonants.</td><td>ナミビア、ボツワナ、南アフリカ</td><td>30</td><td>["コイコイ語","サン語（ブッシュマン語）"]</td><td>約30万</td></tr></tbody>
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