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Languages of United Kingdom
The Linguasphere Register records 17 entries for United Kingdom, spread across 4 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.
17Register entries
4Sectors present
8Zones
2Language entries
0= AFRICA 2= AUSTRALASIA 5= INDO-EUROPEAN 7= SINO-INDIAN
Register entries recorded in United Kingdom
| Code | Entry | Level | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
00= | MANDIC | Zone | Covers the "Mande" grouping (part of the "Congo-Kordofanian", "new Niger-Congo" hypothesis; and part of the … |
24-OG | FORE + PAMUSA | Chain | |
24-OGA | FORE + PAMUSA | Net | |
24-OGA-a | Fore + Pamusa | Outer | Okapa district |
24-OGA-ab | fore-N | Inner | |
24-OGA-aba | fore-C | Variety | |
24-OGA-abb | fore-NE | Variety | Okapa + Okasa |
24= | TRANSIRIANIC | Zone | Covers the "Transirianic" or "West-Central Trans-New Guinea" grouping (part of the "Trans-New Guinea" hypothesis). |
50= | CELTIC | Zone | Covers the "Celtic", "Gaelic + Welsh" or Gaeilge + Cymraeg set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity. |
51= | ROMANIC | Zone | Covers the "Romance" or Italiano + Româneasca set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity. |
52-A | NORSK + FRYSK | Set | GERMANIC,. |
52-AC | FRYSK + DEUTSCH | Chain | CONTINENTAL-WEST-GERMANIC, "frisian" + "teutonic". for note on the term "teutonic" see [52] Deutsch + Nederlands below. … |
52-ACB | DEUTSCH + NEDERLANDS | Net | GERMAN + DUTCH, deutsch + "dutch", ’teutonic’. The modern spoken and recorded idioms of this net are classified below … |
52= | GERMANIC | Zone | Covers the "Germanic" or Norsk + Frysk set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity. |
53= | SLAVIC | Zone | Covers the "Slavonic" or Slovenčina + Slovensko set, part of the "Balto-Slavic" grouping within the "Indo-European … |
59= | INDIC | Zone | Covers the "Indic", "Indo-Aryan" or Hindi + Domari set of languages, part of the "Indo-Iranian" grouping within the … |
79= | SINITIC | Zone | Covers the "Chinese" or Han-Yu set, part of the "Sino-Tibetan" ("Sino-Indian") continental affinity. |
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.