a family of languages
91Hmong-Mien languages — or Miao Yao languages Language family of southern China, northern Vietnam, Laos, and northern Thailand, with more than nine million speakers. Hmong (Miao, Meo) has been divided into three dialect groups, Western, Central, and Northern. Beginning… …
92Semitic languages — Infobox Language family name=Semitic region=Middle East, North Africa, Northeast Africa and Malta familycolor=Afro Asiatic child1=East Semitic (extinct) child2=West Semitic child3=South Semitic iso2=semThe Semitic languages are a language family… …
93Iranian languages — This article is about the Iranian languages. For languages spoken in Iran, see Languages of Iran. For the official language of Iran, see Persian language. Iranian Geographic distribution: Southwest Asia, Central Asia, and western South Asia… …
94Khoisan languages — Group of more than 20 languages presently spoken by perhaps several hundred thousand Khoekhoe and San peoples of southern Africa. A number of Khoisan languages are now either extinct or spoken by very few people. Their most distinctive linguistic …
95Paleo-Siberian languages — ▪ linguistics Introduction Paleo Siberian also spelled Paleosiberian , also called Paleo Asiatic languages or Hyperborean languages languages spoken in Asian Russia (Siberia) that belong to four genetically unrelated groups Yeniseian… …
96Ohlone languages — Ohlone Costanoan Pronunciation /oʊˈloʊniː/ Spoken in California Ethnicity Ohlone people …
97Salishan languages — This article is about the Salish/Salishan language. For the Tacoma, Washington, neighborhood, see Salishan, Tacoma, Washington. Infobox Language family name=Salishan region=Western Canada, Pacific Northwest of the United States family=Indigenous… …
98Mande languages — Mande West Sudanic Ethnicity: Mandé peoples Geographic distribution: West Africa Linguistic classification: Niger–Congo? Mande …
99Zapotec languages — Zapotec Diidzaj, Diza, Ditsa, Diidxazá, Tiits Së . . . Spoken in Mexico (Oaxaca, Puebla, Guerrero); USA Native speakers ca 500,000  (date missing) …
100Altaic languages — Group of more than 50 languages, comprising the Turkic, Mongolian, and Manchu Tungus subfamilies. Altaic languages are spoken across Eurasia by more than 140 million people (the overwhelming majority of whom speak Turkic languages). Most scholars …
