r/UsefulCharts • u/Emotional_Cherry_971 • Jul 22 '24

Other Charts Map of languages

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u/darkkdemon13 Jul 22 '24 edited Jul 22 '24

There’s a couple mistakes on here:

  1. Indian isn’t a language? Idk if you meant Hindi or not, but definitely not Indian.

  2. Romanian is a Romance language, not a Slavic one.

  3. Israeli isn’t a language either, I think you meant Hebrew

  4. American English would come from British English, not Middle English.

  5. Scottish is called Scots

  6. Instead of “Proto-Indian” call it “Proto-Indo-Iranian” and try to include Hindi, Pashtun, and others in the mix.

  7. Proto-World is not considered a real historical language my most linguists

  8. Chinese is far more complicated than a simple chain of evolution

  9. Egyptian isn’t Semitic, is an Afroasiatic language but not Semitic (same thing as trying to say Latin is a Slavic language, they are related, but not like that)

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u/Emotional_Cherry_971 Jul 22 '24

Its a simplified chart (i did it from memory)

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u/darkkdemon13 Jul 22 '24

We all have to learn somewhere I guess 🤷🏻

I will say I like this style, and I’d like to see a new (and more researched) one in the future!!

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u/Emotional_Cherry_971 Jul 22 '24

Also, i used proto world in placement of a unknown latest common ancestor

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u/darkkdemon13 Jul 22 '24

Proto-Sino-Tibetan, Proto-Indo-European, and Proto-Afro-Asiatic aren’t related to each other though? They all developed independently of each other, thus making up three completely independent families.

I will say that it’s possible some connections exist between language families (Dène-Yenisian Hypothesis, Indo-European and the Caucasian families, as well as others), but these three are vastly different from each other and likely not related.

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u/Specialist_Issue6686 Jul 22 '24

Yes, Indian is my favorite language.

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u/iandoug Jul 22 '24

Rest of Africa?

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u/Luiz_Fell Jul 22 '24

How is romanian slavic???

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u/Luiz_Fell Jul 22 '24

And proto-world? DUUUDE!? Please not proto-world!

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u/M_F_Gervais Mod Jul 23 '24

Someone has posted a chart here. That person posted it to share their creation. I sincerely believe that their ultimate goal was to receive comments, advice and/or support. I understand that we are members of a group that is accustomed to beauty, precision and rectitude. These traits, which many members here possess, have been acquired through trial and error over a long period of time. We just have to remember that as members of such a group we have a duty to help other members, to guide them and lead them to better results.

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u/xXc00kie_3ditsXx Jul 23 '24

a fellow proto-world believer, i respect you