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Languages of Cyprus

The Linguasphere Register records 6 entries for Cyprus, spread across 3 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.

6Register entries
3Sectors present
4Zones
1Language entries

1= AFRO-ASIAN 4= EURASIA 5= INDO-EUROPEAN

Register entries recorded in Cyprus

CodeEntryLevelNote
12=SEMITICZoneCovers the "Semitic" or ’Aramita + Amarinya set, part of the "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" intercontinental …
44-AAB-aatürk-çeInnerturkish, türki, türkye-li, "turkish proper", former osmanli, ottoman "turkish", including "rumelian turkish", "european …
44=CENTRAL-EURASIAZoneCovers the "Turkic + Manchurian" or "Altaic" reference area and hypothesis, part of the "wider Altaic" hypothesis (with …
52-ANORSK + FRYSKSetGERMANIC,.
52=GERMANICZoneCovers the "Germanic" or Norsk + Frysk set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity.
56=HELLENICZoneCovers the "Greek", "Hellenic" or Helleniki + Tsakonia set of languages, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental …

Country placements come from the geographic data published with the Linguasphere Register. They mark where a speech community is recorded, not where a language is official. See sources and attribution.