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What are the 5 major branches of Indo European languages?

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Answer:

1. Germanic (thanks to English!)

2. Romance (Spanish, Italian, Catalan, Romanian, etc.)

3. Slavic

4. Greek

5. Baltic

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and the other ones ...

6. Albanian

7. Celtic

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What are the major Indo-european language groups?
There are 10 sub-groups: Albanian Anatolian (extinct) Armenian Balto-Slavic Celtic Germanic Hellenic (Greek) Indo-Iranian Italic (includes Romance) Tocharian (extinct)
Which European languages are not a part of the Indo-European language family?
Turkish (which is Turkic), and Finnish, Estonian, Basque and Hungarian, which are loosely defined as Finno-Ugrian.Basque
How did the branches of the Indo-European language family develop?
The branches of any language family develop in similar ways: isolation, politics, religion, and social preferences.
What are the 8 branches of the Indo-European language family?
Indo-European has 9 living branches and 3 extinct branches.The living branches are:AlbanianArmenianBaltic CelticGermanicGreek Indo-Iranian ItalicSlavic
What are the four major Indo-European language families?
Germanic Latin Greek Celtic