Language Families
Ethnic groups organized by linguistic descent. Each family hub gathers its member peoples — homelands, branches, and phenotype references — in one place.
Families
- Niger-Congo119 groups
The largest language family of sub-Saharan Africa: Bantu, Kwa, Mande, Gur and more, spanning West, Central, Eastern and Southern Africa.
Including Adjoukrou, Afemai, Aja…
- Indo-European89 groups
The most widely spoken family on earth: Germanic, Romance, Slavic, Indo-Aryan and Iranian branches across Europe and South and West Asia.
Including Afrikaners, Aimaq, Albanians…
- Austronesian75 groups
The great maritime family: peoples from Madagascar through island Southeast Asia to Polynesia, linked by seafaring migrations.
Including Acehnese, Ambonese, Amis…
- Sino-Tibetan33 groups
Sinitic and Tibeto-Burman peoples across East and Southeast Asia, from the Chinese lowlands to the Himalayan highlands.
Including Akha, Bai, Balti…
- Afroasiatic29 groups
Semitic, Cushitic, Berber and Chadic peoples across North Africa, the Horn of Africa and the Middle East.
Including Afar, Agaw, Amhara…
- Nilo-Saharan26 groups
Peoples of the Nile Valley, the Sahel and the East African lakes region, including the Nilotic pastoralist cultures.
Including Acholi, Alur, Anuak…
- Turkic22 groups
Steppe-descended peoples from Anatolia through Central Asia to Siberia, linked by the Turkic language continuum.
Including Azerbaijanis, Balkars, Bashkirs…
- Austroasiatic12 groups
Mon-Khmer and Munda peoples: the oldest language stratum of mainland Southeast Asia, with outliers across eastern India.
Including Bahnar, Bhumij, Bru…
- Kra-Dai11 groups
Tai and related peoples of mainland Southeast Asia and southern China, from the Mekong basin to the Yunnan highlands.
Including Ahom, Bouyei, Gelao…
- Dravidian8 groups
The indigenous language family of southern India and parts of wider South Asia, predating Indo-Aryan arrival.
Including Brahuis, Gonds, Kannadigas…
- Uralic8 groups
Finno-Ugric and Samoyedic peoples of northern Eurasia, from the Baltic and Carpathians to the Siberian tundra.
Including Estonians, Finns, Hungarians…
Major branches
Branches with enough member peoples to stand as hubs of their own.