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Hamitic languages
(Encyclopedia)Hamitic languages, subfamily of the Hamito-Semitic family of languages, a now-abandoned system of classification for languages of N Africa and SW Asia. The Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and (sometimes) ...Indic languages
(Encyclopedia)Indic languages, group of languages belonging to the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Indo-Iranian. ...Dardic languages
(Encyclopedia)Dardic languages därˈdĭk [key], group of languages belonging to the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Indo-Iranian. ...Brythonic
(Encyclopedia)Brythonic brĭthŏnˈĭk [key], group of languages belonging to the Celtic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Celtic languages. ...Welsh language
(Encyclopedia)Welsh language, member of the Brythonic group of the Celtic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Celtic languages. ...Pahari
(Encyclopedia)Pahari pəhäˈrē [key], languages or dialects of the Indic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Indo-Iranian languages. ...Kurdish
(Encyclopedia)Kurdish, language belonging to the Iranian group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Indo-Iranian languages. ...Cornish
(Encyclopedia)Cornish, language belonging to the Brythonic group of the Celtic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Celtic languages. See P. B. Ellis, The Cornish Language and Its Literature (19...Tibeto-Burman languages
(Encyclopedia)Tibeto-Burman languages, subfamily of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. See Sino-Tibetan languages; Burmese; Tibetan language. ...Faliscan
(Encyclopedia)Faliscan fəlĭsˈkən [key], extinct language belonging to the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Italic languages. ...Browse by Subject
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