Indo-European branch
by chloe christner
1. Niger-Congo family
2. Sino-Caucasin
3. Nostratic
4. Sino-Tibetan
5. Renfrew Theory- that Pronto-Indo-Euopean speakers lived 2000 years before the Kugans and lived in part of present day Turkey. Instead of military conquest, this theory suggests agricultural practices diffued the Indo-European family because the langauge spread faster through more populations growing food instead of relying on hunting
6. Romance
7. Germanic
8. Sinitic
9. Tibeto-Burman
10. Burmese
11. Mandarin
12. Wu
13. Min
14. Yue
15. Benue-Congo
16. Yoruba
17. Igbo
18. Shona
19. French
20. Spanish
21. Portuguese
22. Italian
23. Germany
24. Kurgan Theory- that the first Proto-Indo-European speakers were Kurgan people that lived on the Russian border near Kazakhstan area. These people were herders and warrioirs that used horses as weapons and conquered much of Europe and South Asia.
25. Austric
26. Afro-Asiaitic
27. Austronesian
28. Indo-Iranian
29. Indo-Arayan
29.1. Lahnda
30. Balto-Salvic
31. English- Origin- Germanic invasion caused the Angles, Jutes, and Saxons Germanic tribes to go around Europe and influenced the language. Norman invasion caused England to be conquered by the Norman which caused a language switch from English to french and caused a drift between people. The Vikings came to England in the 9th century and they were defeated for trying to conquer the islend, but remained in the country by enriching the langauge with over 2000 words.
32. Javanese
33. Vietnamese
34. Russian
35. Ukrainian
36. Polish
37. Hindi
38. Bengali
39. Arabic
40. Farsi
41. Pashto
42. Indonesian
