History of Language

Introduction

Part 1: Early Migrations

• The Indo-European Language Family
  • The Germanic Branch: English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Icelandic, Afrikaans
  • The Romance Branch: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian
  • The Balto-Slavic Branch: Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Latvian, Lithuanian
  • The Celtic Branch: Welsh, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Bretton
  • The Indo-Iranian Branch: Hindi, Persian, Sanskrit, Bengali
• The Uralic Language Family
  • The Ugric Branch: Hungarian
  • The Baltic-Finnic Branch: Finnish, Estonian
  • The Sami Branch: Northern Sami, Southern Sami, Ter Sami
• The Turkic Language Family
  • The Oghuz Branch: Turkish, Turkmen, Azerbaijani
  • The Karluk Branch: Uzbek
  • The Kipchak Branch: Kazakh

  Part 2: The Age of Colonisation 

  • The Atlantic-Congo Language Family
    • The Bantu Branch: Swahili, Zulu, Kirundi
    • The Volta-Niger Branch: Yoruba, Igbo
    • The Savannas Branch: Miyobe, Gur, Kulango
  • The Afroasiatic Language Family
    • The Semitic Branch: Arabic, Hebrew, Maltese
    • The Berber Branch: Tuareg, Tashlhiyt, Shawiya, Kabyle
    • The Cushitic Branch:  Somali, Oromo, Beja
    • The Egyptian Branch: Old Egyptian, Middle Egyptian, Coptic
  • The Sino-Tibetan Language Family
    • The Sinitic Branch: Mandarin, Jin/Cantonese, Wu, Yue
    • The Tibetic Branch: Standard Tibetan, Khams Tibetan, Amdolese
    • The Burmish Branch: Burmese, Achang, Zaiwa
  • The Japonic Language Family
    • The Japanese Branch: Japanese
    • The Ryukyuan Branch: Okinawan, Miyako, Kikai

    Part 3: New Imperialism and Beyond

    • The Koreanic Language Family
      • The Korean Branch: Korean
      • The Jeju Branch: Jeju
    • The Algic Language Family
      • The Algonquian Branch: Cree, Ojibwa, Arapaho, Cheyenne
      • The Yurok Branch: Yurok
      • The Wiyot Branch: Wiyot
    • The Iroquoian Language Family
      • The Northern Iroquoian Branch: Mohawk, Seneca, Huronian
      • The Southern Iroquoian Branch: Cherokee
    • The Uto-Aztecan Language Family
      • The Nahuan Branch: Nahuatl, Pipil
      • The Numic Branch: Comanche, Timbisha, Shoshoni
      • The Piman Branch: O’odham, Tepecano
    • The Arawak Language Family
      • The Northern Branch: Taíno, Garifuna, Arawak, Piapoco
      • The Southern Branch: Ashaninca, Machiguenga, Iñapari
    • The Quechuan Language Family
      • The Quechuan I Branch: Ancash, Huánuco, Yaru
      • The Quechuan II Branch: Cuzco, Cajamarca-Cañaris, Kichwa
    • The Austroasiatic Language Family
      • The Vietic Branch: Vietnamese, Arem, Phong
      • The Khmer Branch: Khmer
      • The Munda Branch: Santali, Mundari, Ho
    • The Austronesian Language Family
      • The Malayo-Polynesian Branch: Māori, Tongan, Hawaiian, Fijian, Malagasy
      • The Philippine Branch: Tagalog/Filipino
      • The Malayic Branch: Malay, Indonesian
    • The Pama-Nyungan Language Family
      • The Paman Branch: Umpila, Koko-Bera
      • The Nyungan Branch: Noongar, Galaagu