The earliest varieties of an English language, collectively known as Old English or "Anglo-Saxon", evolved from a group of North Sea Germanic dialects brought to Britain in the 5th century.

This is the newest version (2023) of my language tree: it’s more extensive and better laid out than the old one. A PDF version is also available; it looks better when printed. If you’re interested in the older one, the image appears below.

Jan 29, 2025 · The English language is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family that is closely related to the Frisian, German, and Dutch languages. It originated in England and is the dominant language of the U.S., …

Oct 26, 2014 · Indo-European is the largest language family, followed by Sino-Tibetan, and lastly Afro-Asiatic. The Language Tree below shows languages that come from the same origin. (sorry about the quality. I’ve relabelled some popular languages) The numbers on the tree below are in millions of native speakers.

The English language belongs to the Indo-European language family, which includes languages spoken by over three billion people. This means that English is related to languages like German and Dutch. There are many different dialects of English, and the language has evolved over time.

It explains that many modern European and Asian languages originated from a common ancestral language despite being spoken in regions far apart geographically. The family tree shows how the ancestral language split into different language groups over time as people migrated across Europe and Asia.

This language evolutionary tree is generated fully automatically on the basis of 18 basic vocabulary items and a simplified sound correspondence point system. The farther left the branches get linked together, the more remote the languages are.

Explore the fascinating world of language trees and their historical relationships between languages. Discover the visually stunning tree created by Minna Sundberg.

Jul 2, 2012 · A look at the family tree of Indo-European languages and the relationship of English to those related languages. The closest relatives of English are highlighted, including the Germanic languages, Latin and Greek.

Language families include a diverse range of languages. The Indo-European language family is the biggest language family in the world. It’s so big that there are several branches to this family tree. Branches include Germanic languages like German and English, Slavic languages like Russian and Polish, and Romance languages like Spanish and French.