Indo-European branch
by chloe christner
1. 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.
2. Niger-Congo family
3. Sino-Caucasin
4. Nostratic
5. Austric
6. Afro-Asiaitic
7. Sino-Tibetan
8. 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
9. Austronesian
10. Indo-Iranian
11. Indo-Arayan
11.1. Lahnda
12. Balto-Salvic
13. Romance
14. Germanic
15. Sinitic
16. Tibeto-Burman
17. Burmese
18. Mandarin
19. Wu
20. Min
21. Yue
22. Benue-Congo
23. Yoruba
24. Igbo
25. Shona
26. French
27. Spanish
28. Portuguese
29. Italian
30. 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.
31. Germany
32. Javanese
33. Vietnamese
34. Russian
35. Ukrainian
36. Polish
37. Hindi
38. Bengali
39. Arabic
40. Farsi
41. Pashto
42. Indonesian
