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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

CodeEntryLevelNote
00=MANDICZoneCovers the "Mande" grouping (part of the "Congo-Kordofanian", "new Niger-Congo" hypothesis; and part of the …
24-OGFORE + PAMUSAChain
24-OGAFORE + PAMUSANet
24-OGA-aFore + PamusaOuterOkapa district
24-OGA-abfore-NInner
24-OGA-abafore-CVariety
24-OGA-abbfore-NEVarietyOkapa + Okasa
24=TRANSIRIANICZoneCovers the "Transirianic" or "West-Central Trans-New Guinea" grouping (part of the "Trans-New Guinea" hypothesis).
50=CELTICZoneCovers the "Celtic", "Gaelic + Welsh" or Gaeilge + Cymraeg set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity.
51=ROMANICZoneCovers the "Romance" or Italiano + Româneasca set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity.
52-ANORSK + FRYSKSetGERMANIC,.
52-ACFRYSK + DEUTSCHChainCONTINENTAL-WEST-GERMANIC, "frisian" + "teutonic". for note on the term "teutonic" see [52] Deutsch + Nederlands below. …
52-ACBDEUTSCH + NEDERLANDSNetGERMAN + DUTCH, deutsch + "dutch", ’teutonic’. The modern spoken and recorded idioms of this net are classified below …
52=GERMANICZoneCovers the "Germanic" or Norsk + Frysk set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity.
53=SLAVICZoneCovers the "Slavonic" or Slovenčina + Slovensko set, part of the "Balto-Slavic" grouping within the "Indo-European …
59=INDICZoneCovers the "Indic", "Indo-Aryan" or Hindi + Domari set of languages, part of the "Indo-Iranian" grouping within the …
79=SINITICZoneCovers 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.