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Is there a list of non indo-european languages?

It's impossible to provide a *complete* list of non-Indo-European languages, as there are thousands of languages spoken around the world, and new ones are constantly being discovered and documented.

However, here are some of the major language families and language isolates that are not Indo-European:

Major Language Families:

* Sino-Tibetan: Chinese, Tibetan, Burmese, etc.

* Afro-Asiatic: Arabic, Hebrew, Berber, Egyptian (extinct), etc.

* Niger-Congo: Swahili, Yoruba, Igbo, etc.

* Nilo-Saharan: Dinka, Nuer, Kanuri, etc.

* Austronesian: Malay, Indonesian, Tagalog, Hawaiian, etc.

* Dravidian: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, etc.

* Altaic: Turkish, Mongolian, Korean, etc. (sometimes considered separate families)

* Uralic: Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian, etc.

* Japonic: Japanese, Ryukyuan languages

* Koreanic: Korean

* Austroasiatic: Vietnamese, Khmer, Mon, etc.

Language Isolates:

* Basque: Spoken in the Basque Country between Spain and France.

* Burushaski: Spoken in the Hunza Valley of Northern Pakistan.

* Ainu: Spoken in Japan (nearly extinct).

* Na-Dené: Spoken in North America (including Navajo and Apache).

* Isolate languages of the Americas: Many indigenous languages of the Americas are isolates, meaning they have no known genetic relationship to other languages.

Important Notes:

* Linguistic Classification is Complex: The classification of languages is constantly evolving and debated. There is no universally accepted "truth" about how languages are related.

* Many languages are not fully documented: Thousands of languages are spoken around the world, and many of them have not been fully documented or studied.

* Language Families are diverse: Each language family has its own unique set of features and languages within them are very diverse.

This list provides a starting point for exploring the vast diversity of non-Indo-European languages. To delve deeper into specific languages or families, you can consult resources like the Ethnologue website, which provides a comprehensive database of languages.

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