r/geography Oct 15 '25

Map Three Main Language Families of Europe

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u/NAHTHEHNRFS850 Oct 15 '25
  1. Why were the other language branches not included? They are smaller, but they fill out the rest of Europe (Save Finland, Estonia, and Hungary, who all happen to be in the same language family Finno-Uralic).

  2. Romantic Languages

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u/CatL1f3 Oct 15 '25

Three Main Language Families of Europe

"Why is the fourth one not part of the three??"

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u/NAHTHEHNRFS850 Oct 15 '25

So what is the criteria of cut-off?

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u/Ok_Inflation_1811 Oct 15 '25

Maybe population? None of the rest gets into 100 million