Home›Language Families›Parent Family (Classification Tree)Browse ByParent Family (Classification Tree)Parent family traces a language family back to the single reconstructed ancestor it descends from. Wikipedia notes "all Indo-European languages are descended from a single prehistoric language, linguistically reconstructed as Proto-Indo-European," spoken thousands of years before any written record. This dimension links a family back to the deeper ancestral family behind it.Parent Family (Classification Tree)ConnectionsComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Parent Family (Classification Tree)Filter Results48 entriesSpeaker CountAll2624 (1)500,000 (1)3,000,000 (2)7,900,000 (1)15,000,000 (1)21,300,000 (1)57,500,000 (1)60,000,000 (1)80,000,000 (1)85,000,000 (1)93,000,000 (1)117,000,000 (1)180,000,000 (1)200,000,000 (1)315,000,000 (1)322,000,000 (1)326,000,000 (1)350,000,000 (2)385,500,000 (1)499,000,000 (1)500,000,000 (1)515,000,000 (1)800,000,000 (1)900,000,000 (2)1,000,000,000 (1)1,386,000,000 (1)1,700,000,000 (1)3,238,000,000 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAfro-AsiaticParent Family (Classification Tree)3 entriesAnglo-Frisian languagesParent Family (Classification Tree)2 entriesAtlantic-CongoParent Family (Classification Tree)1 entryAustroasiaticParent Family (Classification Tree)2 entriesAustronesianParent Family (Classification Tree)2 entriesBalto-SlavicParent Family (Classification Tree)1 entryBantuParent Family (Classification Tree)1 entryBenue-CongoParent Family (Classification Tree)4 entriesBodish languagesParent Family (Classification Tree)1 entryCelebic languagesParent Family (Classification Tree)2 entriesCelticParent Family (Classification Tree)3 entriesCentral Philippine languagesParent Family (Classification Tree)2 entriesCentral SudanicParent Family (Classification Tree)2 entriesChadicParent Family (Classification Tree)3 entriesCushiticParent Family (Classification Tree)2 entriesDagestanianParent Family (Classification Tree)1 entryEthio-SemiticParent Family (Classification Tree)1 entryFormosanParent Family (Classification Tree)2 entriesGermanicParent Family (Classification Tree)2 entriesGreater Magaric languagesParent Family (Classification Tree)1 entryHrusish languagesParent Family (Classification Tree)1 entryIndo-AryanParent Family (Classification Tree)1 entryIndo-EuropeanParent Family (Classification Tree)7 entriesIndo-IranianParent Family (Classification Tree)2 entriesIranianParent Family (Classification Tree)1 entryItalicParent Family (Classification Tree)1 entryKarenicParent Family (Classification Tree)1 entryKra-DaiParent Family (Classification Tree)1 entryKuki-ChinParent Family (Classification Tree)1 entryMalayo-PolynesianParent Family (Classification Tree)6 entriesMandeParent Family (Classification Tree)1 entryMbum-Day languagesParent Family (Classification Tree)1 entryNiger-CongoParent Family (Classification Tree)5 entriesNorthwest CaucasianParent Family (Classification Tree)1 entryNuclear Polynesian languagesParent Family (Classification Tree)3 entriesOmoticParent Family (Classification Tree)2 entriesPama-NyunganParent Family (Classification Tree)1 entryRomanceParent Family (Classification Tree)2 entriesSino-TibetanParent Family (Classification Tree)7 entriesSlavicParent Family (Classification Tree)3 entriesSouth Sulawesi languagesParent Family (Classification Tree)1 entrySouthern Ryukyuan languagesParent Family (Classification Tree)1 entryTrans-New GuineaParent Family (Classification Tree)7 entriesTurkicParent Family (Classification Tree)1 entryUralicParent Family (Classification Tree)1 entryVolta-CongoParent Family (Classification Tree)2 entriesWest GermanicParent Family (Classification Tree)2 entriesWestern Malayo-Polynesian languagesParent Family (Classification Tree)1 entryConnectionsShowing the first 400 of 1,660 connections.Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.