to study languages where they are spoken
11Austronesian languages — formerly Malayo Polynesian languages Family of about 1,200 languages spoken by more than 200 million people in Indonesia, the Philippines, Madagascar, the central and southern Pacific island groups (except most of New Guinea; see Papuan… …
12Iranian languages — Major subgroup of the Indo Iranian branch of the Indo European language family. Iranian languages are probably spoken by more than 80 million people in southwestern and southern Asia. Only two Old Iranian languages are known, Avestan and Old… …
13North American Indian languages — Introduction those languages that are indigenous to the United States and subarctic Canada and that are spoken north of the Mexican border. A number of language groups within this area, however, extend as far south as Central America. The… …
14Uralic languages — Family of more than 30 languages spoken by some 25 million people in central and northern Eurasia. A primary division is between the Finno Ugric languages, which account for most of the languages and speakers, and the Samoyedic languages. The… …
15Nilo-Saharan languages — Group of perhaps 115 African languages spoken by more than 27 million people from Mali to Ethiopia and from southernmost Egypt to Tanzania. The concept of Nilo Saharan as a single stock combining a number of earlier groupings was introduced in… …
16Ryukyuan languages — language name=Ryukyuan familycolor=Isolate states=Japan (Okinawa Prefecture, Amami Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture) speakers= 900,000 fam1=Japonic nation= none lc1=ams|ld1=Southern Amami Oshima|ll1=Southern Amami Oshima language… …
17Hmong-Mien languages — Infobox Language family name=Hmong Mien altname=Miao Yao region=China, Southeast Asia familycolor=Hmong Mien family=One of the world s primary language families; with proposed affinities to Sino Tibetan child1=Hmong child2=Mien (Yao) child3=She… …
18Mazatecan languages — Not to be confused with Mazahua language. Mazatec En Ngixo Spoken in Mexico, states of Oaxaca, Puebla and Veracruz. Native speakers ca. 200,000  (date missing) …
19Hmong–Mien languages — Hmong–Mien Miao–Yao Geographic distribution: China, Southeast Asia Linguistic classification: One of the world s primary language families; sometimes included in an Austric macrofamily[ …
20Dardic languages — Dardic Geographic distribution: eastern Afghanistan, Kashmir Linguistic classification: Indo European Indo Iranian Indo Aryan Dardic …
