At the bottom is the common ancestor of the whole family, and the languages sit at the ends of the branches. Each ring is a place where a language split into several; the thicker the branch, the more languages grew from it. Big dots have a greeting. Drag to move, scroll or pinch to zoom, click a branch or a language.
✦ The gate to other worlds
The password mellon – Elvish for “friend” – opened it. These languages were not born on Earth but in books and films: writers and linguists invented them.
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Language vitality · UNESCO scale
The six-level UNESCO scale. Data from Glottolog, which combines UNESCO, Ethnologue and the Catalogue of Endangered Languages.
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The 24 official languages of the European Union
You found the secret flag! The gold stars on the globe mark all 24 official EU languages. Click any of them.
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