WebThe Afroasiatic languages (or Afro-Asiatic), also known as Hamito-Semitic, or Semito-Hamitic, and sometimes also as Afrasian, Erythraean or Lisramic, are a language family of about 300 languages that are spoken predominantly in the geographic subregions of Western Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and parts of the Sahara/Sahel. With the …

WebA wide variety of languages are spoken throughout Asia, comprising different language families and some unrelated isolates.The major language families include Austroasiatic, Austronesian, Caucasian, Dravidian, Indo-European, Afroasiatic, Turkic, Sino-Tibetan and Kra–Dai.Most, but not all, have a long history as a written language.

WebThis is a list of languages by total number of speakers. It is difficult to define what constitutes a language as opposed to a dialect. ... Afro-Asiatic: Semitic: 34.7 million 5.6 million 40.3 million Lingala: Niger–Congo: Atlantic–Congo: 20.3 million 20.0 …

WebInsular Celtic hypothesis. The "Insular Celtic hypothesis" is a theory that they evolved together in those places, having a later common ancestor than any of the Continental Celtic languages such as Celtiberian, Gaulish, Galatian and Lepontic, among others, all of which are long extinct.. The proponents of the hypothesis (such as Cowgill 1975; McCone 1991, …

WebAfroasiatic languages are spoken throughout North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Western Asia and parts of the Sahel.There are approximately 375 Afroasiatic languages spoken by over 400 million people. The main subfamilies of Afroasiatic are Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Omotic, Egyptian and Semitic.The Afroasiatic Urheimat is uncertain. The family's most extensive …

WebThe Cushitic and Semitic ethnic minorities speak languages belonging to the separate Afro-Asiatic family, with the Hindustani and British residents speaking languages from the Indo-European family. Tanzania's various ethnic groups typically speak their mother tongues within their own communities.

WebThe term East Asian cultural sphere defines the common cultural sphere of China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea in East Asia and Vietnam in Southeast Asia. Ethnic and linguistic similarities, shared artistic traditions, written language and moral values suggest that most East Asian people are descendants of the Yellow River civilization, that emerged in the …

WebBerber is a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. Since modern Berber languages are relatively homogeneous, the date of the Proto-Berber language from which the modern group is derived was probably comparatively recent, comparable to the age of the Germanic or Romance subfamilies of the Indo-European family. In contrast, the split of the group …

WebLanguages typically have personal pronouns for each of the three grammatical persons: . first-person pronouns normally refer to the speaker, in the case of the singular (as the English I), or to the speaker and others, in the case of the plural (as the English we).; second-person pronouns normally refer to the person or persons being addressed (as the …

WebThis list shows countries/disputed countries organized by the languages which are spoken there Indo-European languages Albanian. Country/disputed territory Status Speakers Albania: official and national ... Afro-Asiatic languages. Distribution of Arabic as sole official language (green) and one of several official languages (blue) Semitic ...