Wikibooks: WikiLang/Europe

In ancient history there were presumably a variety of language families spoken in Europe. However today the vast majority are Indo European. Sub families of Indo European spoken in Europe are [[Germanic]] Balto Slavonic Italic Greek Celtic and others. In addition to the Indo European languages there...

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Summary:In ancient history there were presumably a variety of language families spoken in Europe. However today the vast majority are Indo European. Sub families of Indo European spoken in Europe are [[Germanic]] Balto Slavonic Italic Greek Celtic and others. In addition to the Indo European languages there are also the non Indo European language family Finno Urgic and the Basque language. = Living languages = These are all living languages spoken in Europe. = Eastern Europe = Languages currently spoken in Eastern Europe are Belarussian (in Belarus) Czech (in the Czech Republic) Estonian (in Estonia) Hungarian (in Hungary and Romania) Latvian (in Latvia) Latgalian Lithuanian (in Lithuania) Aukštaitian (Highland) Samogitian (Lowland) Polish (in Poland) Greater Polish Lesser Polish Masovian Silesian Romanian (in Romania) Russian (in Russia Ukraine and Belarus) Sami (in Finland and Russia also Norway and Sweden) many dialects/languages Slovak (in Slovakia) Ukrainian (in Ukraine) = Northern Europe = Danish (in Denmark and the Faroe Islands) Faroese (in the Faroe Islands) Finnish (in Finland) Icelandic (in Iceland) Norwegian (in Norway) Sami (in Finland Norway and Sweden) Swedish (in Sweden and Finland) = Southern Europe = Languages currently spoken in Southern Europe are Armenian (in Armenia) Basque (in Spain) Catalan (in Spain) Croation (in Croatia) German (in Italy) Italian (in Italy) Greek (in Greece) Lombard (in Italy) Maltese (in Malta) Portuguese (in Portugal) Serbian (in Serbia) Sicilian (in Italy) Spanish (in Spain) = Western Europe = Languages currently spoken in Western Europe are Basque (in France and Spain) Breton (in France) Dutch (in the Netherlands and Belgium) Catalan (in France) Cornish (in England) English (in England Ireland Scotland and Wales) French (in France Belgium Luxembourg and Switzerland) Franco Provençal languages/dialects (in France Italy and Switzerland) Frisian languages (in the Netherlands and Germany) German (in Germany Belgium Switzerland Austria and Luxembourg) High German ...