What are the 15 language families?

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1. What are the 15 language families?
2. What is the most widespread language family in the world?
3. How many language families are there?
4. How many language families are in Europe?
5. What are the 3 main language families in Europe?
6. What is the oldest European language?
7. Is English older than German?
8. Which language is closest to German?
9. Are Dutch and German the same race?
10. Which is harder Dutch or German?
11. Can a German understand Dutch?
12. Is Dutch closer to German or English?
13. Is Dutch easy to learn?
14. Why Dutch is easy?
15. Is Dutch easier than French?
16. Can English speakers understand Dutch?
17. Is English close to Dutch?
18. What is the difference between Dutch and English?
19. Can English speakers understand Frisian?
20. Is Frisian still spoken?
21. Is Frisian like English?
22. Which language is closest to Old English?
23. What is hello in Old English?
24. What is the oldest language in the world?

What are the 15 language families?

Major language families

• Niger–Congo (1,542 languages) (21.

  What is the most widespread language family in the world?

  Indo-European languages

  How many language families are there?

  147 language families

  How many language families are in Europe?

  three

  What are the 3 main language families in Europe?

  Out of a total European population of 744 million as of 2018, some 94% are native speakers of an Indo-European language; within Indo-European, the three largest phyla are Romance, Germanic, and Slavic with more than 200 million speakers each, between them accounting for close to 90% of Europeans.

  What is the oldest European language?

  Basque language

  Is English older than German?

  English has its roots in the Germanic languages, from which German and Dutch also developed, as well as having many influences from romance languages such as French. (Romance languages are so called because they are derived from Latin which was the language spoken in ancient Rome.)

  Which language is closest to German?

  Dutch

  Are Dutch and German the same race?

  Nederlanders) or the Dutch, are a West Germanic ethnic group and nation native to the Netherlands. They share a common ancestry and culture and speak the Dutch language....Dutch people.

  Nederlanders
  Germany	128,000
  Belgium	121,000
  New Zealand	100,000
  France	60,000

  Which is harder Dutch or German?

  Yes, it is. With a caveat, though: German is far more structured and has clearer rules, whereas Dutch has many exceptions to every rule. Some people learn language by carefully following rules and, for those individuals, German may be easier.

  Can a German understand Dutch?

  Without any practice, German native speakers usually only occasionally understand Dutch words, and therefore cannot follow the topic. ... Spoken words appear to be similar, but the pronunciation is still different in several aspects. The similarities, however, may help to extend the comprehension.

  Is Dutch closer to German or English?

  However, the closest major language to English, is Dutch. With 23 million native speakers, and an additional 5 million who speak it as a second language, Dutch is the 3rd most-widely spoken Germanic language in the world after English and German.

  Is Dutch easy to learn?

  Dutch is considered one of the easiest languages for a native English speaker to learn. ... Not only is Dutch relatively easy to pick up, understand and start speaking, speaking it gives you a huge head-start to understanding the other Germanic languages and even offers insight into how English works.

  Why Dutch is easy?

  Dutch is from the same family as English and German It makes sense because Dutch is part of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European family of languages, just like English. And if you compare it to another language of that family, German, it's much easier.

  Is Dutch easier than French?

  If you look into the grammatical aspects of both languages, you'll find French much harder. Dutch has a pretty straight forward grammar, with only a few aspects that will require learning once you've understood the concepts, while French has many exceptions to all its rules.

  Can English speakers understand Dutch?

  If you are from England, you see dutch nowhere. So it is hard to understand dutch if you don't use it at all. English speakers can understand some words in dutch, as simple as “thank you” and “you're welcome”. The average english speaker doesn't understand much more than that.

  Is English close to Dutch?

  With the exception of Frisian, Dutch is linguistically the closest language to English, with both languages being part of the West Germanic linguistic family. These means many Dutch words are cognates with English (meaning they share the same linguistic roots), giving them similar spelling and pronunciation.

  What is the difference between Dutch and English?

  Another of the differences between Dutch and English is the number of incredible long words in the Dutch language. Like the German language, which has only 1/3 of the words of English, the Dutch language often features a single word where English might use two or three. This means that some words exceed 30 letters.

  Can English speakers understand Frisian?

  Frisian is the closest living language to English, but speakers of modern English wouldn't be able to understand most of it (though they may understand a few words). Old English (Anglo-Saxon), on the other hand, is to some extent mutually intelligible with Frisian. ... It's a bit like trying to understand Dutch.

  Is Frisian still spoken?

  Although Frisian was formerly spoken from what is now the province of Noord-Holland (North Holland) in the Netherlands along the North Sea coastal area to modern German Schleswig, including the offshore islands in this area, modern Frisian is spoken in only three small remaining areas, each with its own dialect.

  Is Frisian like English?

  As you can see both English and Frisian are actually part of the Anglo-Frisian branch, whereas Dutch stems from Old Low Franconian. Generally people already consider Swedish, Danish, German and Dutch to be somewhat similar to English, but 'genetically´ Frisian is the closest language to English.

  Which language is closest to Old English?

  Old English is one of the West Germanic languages, and its closest relatives are Old Frisian and Old Saxon. Like other old Germanic languages, it is very different from Modern English and impossible for Modern English speakers to understand without study.

  What is hello in Old English?

  The Old English greeting "Ƿes hāl" Hello! Ƿes hāl! (

  What is the oldest language in the world?

  Tamil language