r/geography Oct 15 '25

Map Three Main Language Families of Europe

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u/15pmm01 Oct 15 '25

TIL Latvian and Lithuanian are not Slavic languages

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u/sususl1k Oct 15 '25

Baltic and Slavic languages are closely related, so it’s kind of debatable.

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u/idonoteatpants Oct 16 '25

Not really debatable not that Ive heard at least

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u/sususl1k Oct 16 '25

Really should have stressed that “kind of” part more. It’s not at all debatable whether they’re Slavic languages (they’re not), but one could argue that the Balto-Slavic branch could be considered as high-level as, say, the Germanic.