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Region names where a language family is spoken today, which can be far wider than where it began. Wikipedia notes several Indo-European languages "have expanded through colonialism in the modern period and are now spoken across Africa, Americas, Oceania and North Asia." This dimension shows the present-day reach of a family rather than only its point of origin.

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Anatolia (modern Turkey)

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Anatolia and the Caucasus, Central Asia and Siberia

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Ancient Mesopotamia, in the area that is now modern-day Iraq

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Andaman Islands

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Apulian region of Italy

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Arabian peninsula and the Levant

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Arabian Peninsula, in Yemen (including Socotra) and Oman

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Around the Weser and Rhine rivers

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Arunachal Pradesh and Assam

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Arunachal Pradesh, India and Shannan Prefecture, China

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Arunachal Pradesh, northeast India

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Balkans

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Baluchistan and Eastern India

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Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal

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Brahmaputra basin, Barak Valley and Tripura, northeast India

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Burma and Bangladesh

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Burma, Bangladesh

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Caucasus

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Central and southern Italy

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Central Asia

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Central Asia, South-central Asia, Iran

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Central Asia, West Asia and Eastern Europe

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Chamdo Prefecture, Tibet

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Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, India

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China (Gansu, Qinghai)

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China and some parts of Taiwan

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China, Burma

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China, Laos, Burma (Myanmar), Vietnam

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China, Myanmar, India, Bangladesh

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China, Vietnam

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Concentrated in the Middle East

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Continental Europe, Anatolia

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Corsica, Sardinia and Roman Africa

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Dagestan

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Dagestan, in the North Caucasus region of Russia.

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East Asia (Japan, Korea and Taiwan).

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East Asia, mainland Southeast Asia and the Himalayan region

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Eastern Bhutan and adjacent areas of Tibet and India

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Eastern, Central and Northern Europe, North Asia

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Eurasia

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Eurasia and North America

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Eurasia, sometimes the Americas

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Europe

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Europe (Germany, Poland and, probably, Israel).

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Europe and parts of Africa.

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Europe, Asia Minor, Iran, South Asia

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European Atlantic coast (hypothesized by Theo Vennemann)

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Extreme northeastern Siberia

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Far East Russia and northeastern China

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Formerly extensive realm of the Persian Empire

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Formerly Mesopotamia

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France, Iberia, Northern Italy and Switzerland

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France, Spain

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Friesland and Groningen, Netherlands

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Gaul and Great Britain

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German-speaking Europe

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Gujarat, Rajasthan, Sindh, Maharashtra, South India

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Himachal Pradesh, India

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Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and western Nepal

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Iberian Peninsula

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India, Sri Lanka

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Indochina

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Indochina, Malay Peninsula

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Iran

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Italian Peninsula, Eastern Alps, Corsica, Lemnos

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Italy, Corsica (France), formerly Dalmatia (Croatia)

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Japan and the Ryukyu Islands

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Khanty-Mansi and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrugs, Siberia

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Ladakh (India), Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan)

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Latium in Italy, later the Roman Empire

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main range of the Malay Peninsula

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Mainland and island Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia

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Mainland Southeast Asia: Laos and Vietnam

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Mizoram, India, and Chin State, Myanmar

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Mongolia, Northern China, Lake Baikal region

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Mountains of central and south-central Hainan, China

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Myanmar and Northeast India

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Nagaland (India), Chin State (Myanmar) and Kuki areas

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Nagaland, Assam and Manipur, northeast India

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Nagaland, India

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Nepal

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Nepal and India

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Nepal and India (Sikkim, Darjeeling, Kalimpong)

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Nepal, Bhutan, and Jalpaiguri division of West Bengal, India

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Nepal, India (Sikkim)

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Nicobar Islands, India

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North Caucasus.

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Northeast India

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Northeast India and parts of Bangladesh

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Northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar

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Northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and China

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Northeastern China

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Northern Europe

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Northern Europe, Baltic region

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Northern India

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Northern Italy, primarily the Emilia-Romagna region.

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Northern Japan, southern Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands

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Northern Korea and eastern Manchuria

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Northern, Western and Central Europe (Pre-colonial)

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North-western Italy and south-eastern France

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Peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand

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Poland and eastern Germany

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Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia

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Regions where Romance languages predominate

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Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

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Russian Far East

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Russian Far East, in the basin of the Kolyma River

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Sakishima Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

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Sapmi (northern Scandinavia, traditionally known as Lapland)

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Siberia

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Siberia, Manchuria, Xinjiang

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South Caucasus, Anatolia, Israel

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South China and Indochina

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South India, Japan and Korea (proposed)

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South India, Sri Lanka, diaspora

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South West England and Brittany

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Southeast Asia and southern China

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Southeast Europe and Eastern Europe

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South-eastern Myanmar and Western Thailand

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Southeastern Tibet and Arunachal Pradesh

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Southern Balkans, Anatolia and Cyprus

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Southern China

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Southern China, Southeast Asia, Hainan

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Southern China, Vietnam

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southern Nagaland and Northern Manipur, northeast India

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Southwest China, including Sichuan and northern Yunnan

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Southwest Dagestan

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Southwestern and southeastern Russia

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Southwestern China

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Southwestern Iran (Elam) and South Asia

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Sri Lanka: the North Central, Uva and Eastern regions

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The Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean

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The Balkans

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The Caucasus, predominantly the north

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The Indo-Burman Ranges and mainland Indochina

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The Korean peninsula

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The Middle East and North Africa.

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The Middle East, Central Asia and Southeast Europe

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The Middle East.

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The Tarim Basin, in what is now Xinjiang in northwest China

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The Yenisei River region of central Siberia

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Tibet, North India, Nepal, Bhutan and North Pakistan.

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Turkey for Zaza; Iran and Iraq for Gorani

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Veneto and Friuli, northeastern Italy

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Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos

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West of the Ural Mountains, Russian Federation

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West-central India

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Western Baltic region, northeast Central Europe

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Western Guizhou, China

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Western Sichuan, China

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Western Sichuan, China (Garze, Liangshan and Ya'an)

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Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa Prefecture

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Yemen, Oman, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan

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Yunnan and Sichuan, China

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Yunnan province of southwestern China

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Yunnan province, China, and Shan State, Burma

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Yunnan, China and Burma

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