S09: Languages
 
 

9. Classification of languages - R) Language isolates

 


  • Japanese (125 M speakers).

  • Korean (75 M speakers)

  • Basque (minority in French-Spanish border area).

  • Eskimo - Aleut

  • Famous extinct languages:
    - Sumerian
    - Etruscan
    - Language of Indus Valley civilization
    - Pre-Indo-European languages of Europe (Iberian, Ligurian)

 

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