An crann teanga L'arbre des langues De taal boom kalbos medis Drzewo języka The Language Tree

An crann teangaL'arbre des langues

De taal boomkalbos medis

Drzewo językaThe Language Tree

What is the Language tree?The language tree is not really a tree, it’s a chart that they have made to look

like a tree and it shows how each language is connected to the other.

This tree shows indo-Europeanbranches and the four main groups of languages in the indoEuropean culture which are the Anatolian, the Celto–Italo-Tocharian, the Balto-SlavoGermanic, and Aryano–Greco–Armenic. All these are atthe trunk of the tree, they branch off into nine language groups all together. These groups consist of Anatolian, Celtic, Romance, Germanic, Baltic, Slavonic, Iranian, Indic, and Greek.

In the Anatolian ….

Anatolian The Anatolian branch of the Indo- European language tree consist of five languages; Hittite, Palaic, Lydian, Luwian, and Lycian.

In the Celto–Italo-Tocharian…

CelticThe Celtic language branch consist of two inner branches; the Brittanic and Gaulish. On the Brittanic branch there are three languages; Cornish, Breton, and Welsh. On the Gaulish branch there are three languages as well which include Scottish, Irish, and Manx.

RomanceThe Romance language consist of four languages; Romanian, Spanish, French, and Italian.

In the Balto-SlavoGermanic…

Germanic The Germanic branch of the language tree has two sub branches within. One is called the Western Germanic branch, and the other is called the Scandinavian branch. The Western Germanic branch consist of six languages; Flemish, Dutch, Low German, High German, Frisian, and English. The Scandinavian branch consists of four languages; Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Norwegian.

BalticThe Baltic branch of the language tree consist of three languages; Old Prussian, Lithuanian, and Latvia.

SlavonicThe Slavonic branch of the language tree consist of three sub branches; Southern Slavic, Proto – Russian, and Western Slavic. In the Southern Slavic branch, there are three languages; Serbo- Croatian, Bulgarian, and Slovenia. In the Proto – Russian branch there are three languages; Ukrainian, White Russian, and Great Russian. In the Western Slavic branch there are two languages; Polish and Czech.

In the Aryano–Greco–Armenic …

IranianThe Iranian branch of the language tree consist of three languages; Persian, Pashto, and Baluchi.

IndicThe Indic branch of the Language tree consist of five languages; Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Panjabi, and Bengali.

GreekIn the Greek branch of the language tree there are four languages ; Arcadian, Aeolic, Ionic, and Doric.

All the stuff in betweenIn addition to the nine language branches; there are

several small sub groups in between such as Osco – Umbrian, Gothic, Armenian, and Tocharian. The Osco – Umbrian branch is connected to the Italic branch, which connects to the Latin branch which connects to the Romance branch of the tree. The Gothic branch connects to the Scandinavian branch of the tree. The Armenian is a branch off the Armeno – Aryan branch, and the Tocharian branch is connected to the Celto – Italo- Tocharian branch.

To sum it all up?

Each of these languages are connected to each other in at least one way, they are all Indo – European languages, meaning they are all a family coming from the same hearth.

This is the whole tree with every known language placed and organized within to show how each and every language is related to one another through the “Mother Tongue”.

The big picture…

Small part within the tree…

Indo – EuropeanPart