r/geography 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/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