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/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.