Families of languages
on our globe
“Families of languages” are groups of languages which share the same roots, structure and which have related vocabulary, grammar and syntax.
Some of the big families of languages are:
■ Indo-German
■ Sino-Tibetian
■ Niger-Congo
■ Afro-Asian
■ Australo-Asian
■ Turkish
■ Japanese
■ Uralian
There are many more families of languages. Generally, when you wish to learn a new language, it will be easier to learn a language which belongs to the same family as your native language.