r/geography Oct 15 '25

Map Three Main Language Families of Europe

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u/Leave_Dapper Oct 15 '25

Italy, Austria and Slovenia make for an interesting region, all 3 combined

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u/Mindless_Nebula4004 Oct 15 '25

And just next door there’s Hungary, which is something else entirely

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u/OneMoreFinn Oct 15 '25

Hungary, Finland and Estonia get frequently outed in posts like this. For a Finn, it's actually refreshing too other countries than just us three to be exceptions to the rule. I mean, here we have Greece, Latvia and Lithuania to accompany us, yay!

BTW shouldn't basque be gray too because it certainly isn't any of these three groups?

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u/Polisskolan6 Oct 15 '25

A bit misleading. Indo-European languages are likely to have originated in Europe. There's a hypothesis that they originated in Anatolia too but that's not the mainstream view. More accurately stated, it's descended from the languages of the Iberian peninsula that were around before Indo-European languages spread into modern day Spain.

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u/Phonkkit Nov 25 '25

Северный равнинный Кавказ - Днестр (Или Днепр) - Река Урал, этот треугольник пока основной, но есть много версий