Amazing Family Tree Shows the True Roots of Languages

Much like our own human ancestry and family lineage, there is a history, and a profound connection, between all languages spoken in the world. These “genetic relationships” in linguistics describes the bond between languages of the same family.

Talented illustrator Minna Sundberg, of Stand Still. Stay Silent webcomics, created this masterpiece of a Nordic-inspired family tree that connects every major (and many smaller) languages together by their historical paths.

 

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