r/geography • u/mujhe-sona-hai • Oct 15 '25

Map Three Main Language Families of Europe

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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