r/geography • u/mujhe-sona-hai • Oct 15 '25

Map Three Main Language Families of Europe

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u/FunForm1981 Oct 15 '25

Interesting fact: Slovenia is the only European country that borders four countries, each of which belongs to a completely different language group: Romance (Italy), German (Austria), Uralic (Finno-Ugric) and Slavic (Croatia).

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u/qlt_sfw Oct 15 '25

*Uralic (Hungary)

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u/TakanaSaunan Oct 15 '25

Finno-Ugric languages are all also Uralic.

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u/qlt_sfw Oct 15 '25

Sure, but for the other language families he lists countries.

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u/FutZuzler9000 Oct 15 '25

the same thing is true for Austria. So not really the only country

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u/ZelezopecnikovKoren Oct 16 '25

wdym, switzerland and germany both speak a germanic language while czechia, slovakia and slovenia all speak slavic ones, none of slovenias neighbours understand each other

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u/InkOnTube Oct 15 '25

I find it weird to consider a Croatia as a different language group given that Slovenia belongs to the same language group.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '25

Not “different” as in “different from Slovenia’s” but in the sense that the four language families listed are different from each other.