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Which of the modern languages branch from Indo-European family languages?

The Indo-European language family is a vast one, and many modern languages are descended from it. Here are some of the most prominent branches:

Indo-Iranian:

* Indo-Aryan: Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Marathi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Nepali, Sinhala

* Iranian: Persian, Kurdish, Pashto, Tajik, Ossetian

Romance:

* Western Romance: Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, French, Romansh, Italian, Sardinian

* Eastern Romance: Romanian, Moldovan, Aromanian

Germanic:

* West Germanic: English, German, Dutch, Afrikaans, Yiddish

* North Germanic: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Faroese

* East Germanic: (extinct) Gothic

Slavic:

* East Slavic: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

* West Slavic: Polish, Czech, Slovak

* South Slavic: Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian

Celtic:

* Insular Celtic: Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Manx, Cornish

* Continental Celtic: (extinct) Gaulish, Galatian

Greek:

* Modern Greek: (the sole surviving member of the Ancient Greek branch)

Italic:

* Romance: (mentioned above)

* Other Italic: (extinct) Latin, Oscan, Umbrian

Balto-Slavic:

* Baltic: Lithuanian, Latvian

* Slavic: (mentioned above)

Tocharian:

* (extinct) Tocharian A and Tocharian B, spoken in ancient Central Asia

Armenian:

* Armenian: (the only surviving member of the Armenian branch)

Albanian:

* Albanian: (the only surviving member of the Albanian branch)

This is not an exhaustive list, as there are many other smaller branches and languages within the Indo-European family.

It's important to note that some languages, like English, have been heavily influenced by other language families throughout their history, making it difficult to categorize them solely as Indo-European.

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