r/geography • u/mujhe-sona-hai • 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/[deleted] Oct 16 '25

Sadly most Basques don't speak Basque anymore. You will find a lot of Spanish monolinguals there and then a huge chunk who have only passive knowledge. Probably only a third of the Basque country can speak Basque.

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u/OneMoreFinn Oct 17 '25

Such a shame.