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Languages similar by contact, not origin
A sprachbund (/ˈsprɑːkbʊnd/ SPRAHK-buund, from German: Sprachbund [ˈʃpʁaːxbʊnt] , lit. 'language union'; pl. sprachbünde or sprachbunds), also known as
Sprachbund
Convergence zone and proposed language family
The Altaic languages (/æl.ˈteɪ.ɪk/ , al-TAY-ik) or Altaic sprachbund are a sprachbund comprising the Turkic, Mongolic and Tungusic language families.
Altaic_languages
Shared linguistic features in southeastern Europe
The Balkan sprachbund or Balkan language area is a proposed theory of an ensemble of areal features—similarities in grammar, syntax, vocabulary and phonology—among
Balkan_sprachbund
Linguistic category tracking areal features of European languages
which do not share these similarities, in essence creating a continental sprachbund. His intention was to argue that the disproportionate amount of SAE-specific
Standard_Average_European
Group of languages related through a common ancestor
to identify and evaluate genetic relations in linguistic linkages. A sprachbund is a geographic area having several languages that feature common linguistic
Language_family
Linguistic area in northwest China
The Qinghai–Gansu sprachbund or Amdo sprachbund is a sprachbund in the plateau traversed by the upper Yellow River, including northeastern Qinghai and
Qinghai–Gansu_sprachbund
Extinct unclassified language of the Huns
The Hunnic language, or Hunnish, was the language spoken by Huns in the Hunnic Empire, a heterogeneous, multi-ethnic tribal confederation which invaded
Hunnic_language
Linguistic feature arising through language contact rather than common descent
may diffuse from one dominant language to neighbouring languages (see "sprachbund"). Genetic relationships are represented in the family tree model of language
Areal_feature
The languages of East Asia belong to several distinct language families, with many common features attributed to interaction. In the Mainland Southeast
Languages_of_East_Asia
Group of South Slavic dialects
the Balkan Slavic linguistic area, which is part of the broader Balkan sprachbund. Torlak is not standardized, and its subdialects vary significantly in
Torlak_dialects
Geolinguistic region of areal features
The Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area is a sprachbund that includes languages from the Sino-Tibetan, Hmong–Mien (or Miao–Yao), Kra–Dai, Austronesian
Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area
Mainland_Southeast_Asia_linguistic_area
The Pueblo linguistic area (or Pueblo Sprachbund, Pueblo convergence area) is a Sprachbund (group of languages with similarities due to language contact)
Pueblo_linguistic_area
Concept in sociolinguistics
be contrasted with the sprachbund, which refers to "relatedness at the level of linguistic form" (Romaine 1994:23). A sprachbund is a group of languages
Sprechbund
these are classified as indigenous Papuan languages, which form a diverse sprachbund across the island of New Guinea. There are also many Austronesian languages
Languages_of_Papua_New_Guinea
Nearly extinct language family of the Andaman Islands
central Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean, and part of the Andamanese sprachbund. By the late 18th century, when the British first established a colonial
Great_Andamanese_languages
Areal grouping of North American languages
The Pacific Northwest is the second-most diverse linguistic area, or sprachbund, in North America after California, and depending on the definition used
Pacific_Northwest_languages
Russian linguist and historian
describing general underlying rules being the common goal of structuralism. Sprachbund, a linguistic term coined by Trubetzkoy Also transliterated as Troubetskoy
Nikolai_Trubetzkoy
Language family
other languages in the Balkans, notably Greek and Albanian (see Balkan sprachbund). Eastern Bulgarian dialects[citation needed] Western Bulgarian dialects[citation
South_Slavic_languages
Aboriginal Australian language family
groups, it seems that Pama–Nyungan has many of the characteristics of a sprachbund, indicating the antiquity of multiple waves of culture contact between
Pama–Nyungan_languages
Language family native to Asia
community since the 1940s, who instead attribute the similarities to sprachbund effects of areal convergence and early borrowing. Several links to other
Sino-Tibetan_languages
Tuu language of southwestern Botswana and eastern Namibia
ǂʼAmkoe and Gǀui, which together are considered part of the Kalahari Basin sprachbund. Until the rediscovery of a few elderly speakers of Nǁng in the 1990s
Taa_language
Group of languages spoken in Mesoamerica
language area is a sprachbund containing many of the languages natively spoken in the cultural area of Mesoamerica. This sprachbund is defined by an array
Mesoamerican_language_area
Geolinguistic region sharing areal features of Asia
Asian linguistic area, or the South Asian sprachbund) is a term used to describe the South Asian sprachbund which encompasses the native languages of
Indosphere
Group of African language families with click consonants
Khoisan languages (/ˈkɔɪsɑːn/ KOY-sahn; also Khoesan or Khoesaan) are a sprachbund of African languages once classified together, originally by Joseph Greenberg
Khoisan_languages
Language family native to Eurasia
among IE languages, which is in agreement with the wave model. The Balkan sprachbund even features areal convergence among members of very different branches
Indo-European_languages
Native American language family
spoken by Chimakum, Quileute and Hoh tribes. They are part of the Mosan sprachbund, and one of its languages, Quileute, is famous for having no nasal consonants
Chimakuan_languages
that of some other Balkan languages (constituent languages of the Balkan sprachbund), especially Bulgarian. Macedonian exhibits a number of grammatical features
Macedonian_grammar
Overview of Balkan languages
subset of these languages is notable for forming a well-studied Balkan sprachbund, a group of languages that have developed some striking structural similarities
Languages_of_the_Balkans
Extinct Semitic language of Mesopotamia
Akkadian and Sumerian has also led scholars to describe the languages as a sprachbund. Akkadian proper names are first attested in Sumerian texts in the mid-3rd
Akkadian_language
Mongolic language of Northwest China
Shirongolic branch and is part of the Gansu–Qinghai sprachbund (also called the Amdo sprachbund). There are several dialects, mostly spoken by the Monguor
Monguor_language
Khoe dialect of Botswana
from ǂʼAmkoe. Gǀui, ǂʼAmkoe, and Taa form the core of the Kalahari Basin sprachbund, and share a number of characteristic features, including extremely large
Gǀui_dialect
International auxiliary language
Atlas Tamazight Hebrew Historical Kabyle Somali Tigrinya Ugaritic Altaic (sprachbund) Turkic Kazakh Kyrgyz Tatar Turkish Turkmen Uyghur Uzbek Yakut Japonic
Sambahsa
Name list
Kyrill, Kyrylo (Ukrainian) and a diminutive Kiro (common in the Balkan Sprachbund). Saint Cyril of Jerusalem was a 4th-century bishop and a Doctor of the
Kiril
Language branch
in great enough contact for those innovations to spread as part of a sprachbund. However, if they have another explanation (such as an SOV substratum
Celtic_languages
the mid-20th century a majority of scholars have come to regard it as a Sprachbund. The Mon–Khmer languages (also known as Austroasiatic) are the language
Languages_of_Asia
Eastern South Slavic language
(collectively forming Macedo-Bulgarian), it is a member of the Balkan sprachbund and South Slavic dialect continuum of the Indo-European language family
Bulgarian_language
Endangered Kxʼa language of Botswana
Tsaasi dialect of Taa) and Gǀui, form the core of the Kalahari Basin sprachbund, and share a number of characteristic features, including the largest
ǂʼAmkoe_language
Indigenous language spoken in parts of Mexico
before the migration of speakers that contributed to the formation of the sprachbund, or alternatively is a relatively new arrival to the area. Purépecha has
Purépecha_language
Romance subfamily of Southeast Europe
Megleno-Romanian Note: the lexicon used below is not universally recognized. Balkan sprachbund Common Romanian Eastern Romance influence on Slavic languages Substrate
Eastern_Romance_languages
Native American language family
of continuous intensive contact; the Mosan languages thus represent a sprachbund within the wider Pacific Northwest typological area. In the 1960s, Swadesh
Wakashan_languages
Romance, such as phonological features and elements of grammar (see Balkan sprachbund) may also be from Paleo-Balkan languages. Romanian developed from the
Substrate_in_Romanian
Ancient Indo-European language
family as represented by a tree model), or are due to the effects of a sprachbund is disputed. Carian is known from these sources: Nearly 40 inscriptions
Carian_language
Grouping of languages in the Uto-Aztecan language family
display many of the traits defined by the Mesoamerican linguistic area, or sprachbund. Cora Totorame † Huichol Tecual † ?Zacateco † ?Lagunero (Irritila?) †
Corachol_languages
Branch of the Chinese language family
as Chinese. Some northwestern Mandarin varieties in the Qinghai–Gansu sprachbund have undergone drastic changes in phonology, lexicon and grammar. A syllable
Mandarin_Chinese
Language that uses manual communication and body language to convey meaning
Syria, Palestine, and Iraq (and possibly Saudi Arabia) may be part of a sprachbund, or may be one dialect of a larger Eastern Arabic Sign Language. Known
Sign_language
Feature of Yiddish expressing parody or skepticism
similar phenomenon is present in most of the languages of the Balkan sprachbund, especially in colloquial Bulgarian where not only "sh(m)-" and "m-",
Shm-reduplication
Linguistical theory
as a term merely implying a Thracian-Illyrian interference, mixture or sprachbund, or as a shorthand way of saying that it is not determined whether a subject
Thraco-Illyrian_languages
Language family of Mesoamerica
so many traits in common with them that they are now seen as part of a Sprachbund, called the Mesoamerican Linguistic Area. However, Oto-Manguean also stands
Oto-Manguean_languages
Grammar of the Tlingit language
features similar to that of other languages belonging to the Northwest Coast Sprachbund, including SOV word order, a rich aspectual system, and optional plural
Tlingit_grammar
Indo-European language of the Italic branch
but it may be as well the effect of later convergence within the Balkan Sprachbund.." Archived 27 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine. "List of words of
Latin
Indo-European language
innovations. Albanian represents one of the core languages of the Balkan Sprachbund. Glottolog and Ethnologue recognize four Albanian languages. They are
Albanian_language
Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia
south of Indonesia that is not part of the Central Malayo-Polynesian Sprachbund. The Sumbawa write their language with their own native script commonly
Sumbawa_language
Proposed language family
Austronesian and Kra–Dai, or due to extensive language contact, forming a sprachbund. The first proposal of a genealogical relationship was that of Paul Benedict
Austro-Tai_languages
Attempts to classify the extinct Indo-European language
as a term merely implying a Thracian-Illyrian interference, mixture or sprachbund, or as a shorthand way of saying that it is not determined whether a subject
Classification_of_Thracian
Vowel sound represented by ⟨ɨ⟩ in IPA
presence of this vowel phoneme as an areal feature of a Mesoamerican Sprachbund (although that is not a defining feature of the entire area). The sound
Close_central_unrounded_vowel
Eastern Romance language
Bulgarian and Albanian), instead of in front (proclitic), due to the Balkan Sprachbund. They were formed, as in other Romance languages, from the Latin demonstrative
Romanian_language
Region of southeastern Europe
Brill. pp. 115–256. ISBN 978-90-04-33782-4. Olga M. Tomic (2006). Balkan Sprachbund Morpho-Syntactic Features. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 35.
Balkans
Extinct Samoyedic language
shifting linguistically to the related Kamas language or nearby Altaic-sprachbund languages, like Buryat, Soyot, Khakas, Evenki and Tatar. Today the term
Mator_language
Type of linguistic change
These geographic and linguistic groups are called linguistic areas, or Sprachbund areas. Linguistic features shared by the languages in a language area
Language_convergence
Region of the Middle East
Sumerian itself. Sumerian: a non-Semitic language isolate that displays a Sprachbund-type relationship with neighbouring Semitic Akkadian Elamite language:
Fertile_Crescent
Language spoken in Korea
similarities are not due to any genetic relationship, but rather to a sprachbund effect and heavy borrowing, especially from Ancient Korean into Western
Korean_language
Language subgroup of Southeast Asia and Madagascar
West Barito, and Mahakam (Barito–Mahakam). It is thought by some to be a Sprachbund rather than a genuine clade. For example, Adelaar (2005) rejects Barito
Barito_languages
Languages indigenous to Mesoamerica
linguistic traits across disparate language families. The Mesoamerican sprachbund is commonly referred to as the Mesoamerican Linguistic Area. The languages
Mesoamerican_languages
Language family of Northeastern Europe
of many later innovations, this tree structure has been distorted and sprachbunds have formed. In particular, South Estonian and Livonian show many similarities
Finnic_languages
Subgroup of the Iranian languages
classification cites Nóvak (2013, 2014) and Glottolog 5.3. Eastern Iranian (sprachbund) Sogdo-Scythian Scythian Cimmerian † Pontic Scythian † Sarmatian Alanic
Eastern_Iranian_languages
Turkic language
ISBN 978-90-272-3100-0 [1] Viacheslav A. Chirikba, "The problem of the Caucasian Sprachbund" in Muysken, p. 74 Lenore A. Grenoble (2003) Language Policy in the Soviet
Azerbaijani_language
Political concept
Geopolitics Informal empire Iron Curtain National interest Right of conquest Sprachbund Suzerainty Unequal treaties Vassal state Hevia, James L. (12 January 2016)
Sphere_of_influence
characterized by shared grammatical and phonological features in 1976. This sprachbund includes the Afroasiatic languages of Ethiopia, not the Nilo-Saharan languages
Languages_of_Ethiopia
Indigenous North American language family
families of the East Asia area such as Hmong–Mien, Altaic (which is a sprachbund), Austroasiatic, Kra–Dai, and Austronesian came through contact; but as
Na-Dene_languages
Concept in linguistics
supranational society Viacheslav A. Chirikba, "The problem of the Caucasian Sprachbund" in Pieter Muysken, ed., From Linguistic Areas to Areal Linguistics, 2008
Lingua_franca
Extinct Na-Dené language of US
Eyak is an extinct and revived Na-Dené language, historically spoken by the Eyak people, indigenous to south-central Alaska, near the mouth of the Copper
Eyak_language
Grammatical rules of the Bulgarian language
which derived from Proto-Slavic. Bulgarian is also a part of the Balkan sprachbund, which also includes Greek, Macedonian, Romanian, Albanian and the Torlakian
Bulgarian_grammar
Diverse languages between the Black and Caspian seas
Caucasus South Caucasus Tuite, Kevin. (1999). The myth of the Caucasian Sprachbund: The case of ergativity. Lingua. 108. 1-29. [1] Pereltsvaig, Asya (2012)
Languages_of_the_Caucasus
Language family of Eurasia
Kalmyk–Oirat (360,000 speakers) Southern Mongolic (part of a Gansu–Qinghai Sprachbund) Eastern Yugur (4,000 speakers) Shirongol Monguor (150,000 speakers) Mongghul/Huzhu
Mongolic_languages
Ancient Indo-European language of the Hittite Empire
considered evidence of a shared non-Indo-European language or an Aegean Sprachbund preceding the arrivals of Luwians and Greeks. It is, however, possible
Luwian_language
Ethnic group native to the Balkans
Winnifrith 2002, p. 114. Tanner 2004, p. 205. Tomic, O.M. (2006). Balkan Sprachbund Morpho-Syntactic Features. Springer. p. 39. Bosch, E.; Calafell, F.; González-Neira
Aromanians
Family of ethnic groups of Eurasia
Erika; Simon, Camille (2016). "Tibetan as a "model language" in the Amdo Sprachbund: evidence from Salar and Wutun". Journal of South Asian Languages and
Turkic_peoples
Topics referred to by the same term
Turkmenistan Balkan (motorcycle), the first motorcycle built in Bulgaria Balkan sprachbund, a linguistic concept Balkanization, a geopolitical term All pages with
Balkan_(disambiguation)
Ethnic group and nation
such as Albanian, Bulgarian and Eastern Romance languages (see Balkan sprachbund), and has absorbed many foreign words, primarily of Western European and
Greeks
Language family of Eurasia
contact amongst the group, sometimes referred to as the Northeast Asian sprachbund. A more recent (circa first millennium BC) contact between "core Altaic"
Turkic_languages
Although the direction of language contact between Romanian and Slavic languages is overwhelmingly towards Romanian as well as its other Eastern Romance
Eastern Romance influence on the Slavic languages
Eastern_Romance_influence_on_the_Slavic_languages
Interaction between different languages
Nahuatl-Spanish Contact Phono-semantic matching Pidgin Post-creole speech continuum Sprachbund Trading zones (metaphor) – Metaphor applied to collaborations in science
Language_contact
Extinct Indo-European language of Iberia
Lusitanian and Gallaecian word, suggesting therefore a north-western Iberian sprachbund with Lusitanian as a dialect, not a language isolate. Ellis Evans believes
Lusitanian_language
Subgroup of South Slavic languages
Torlakian dialectal area. The Balkan Slavic area is also part of the Balkan Sprachbund. The external boundaries of the Balkan Slavic/Eastern South Slavic area
Eastern_South_Slavic
Words that look or sound alike, but are not related
(language transfer) Pseudoscientific language comparison Semantic change Sprachbund If rendaku is used, then the word "hone" will sound like "bone." Moss
False_cognate
Geographical area associated with a specific cultural orientation
music areas in the United States Regionalism (politics) Social space Sprachbund, a group of languages that share some characteristics World language However
Cultural_area
German philologist (1860–1930)
to the study of the relationships between the languages of the Balkan sprachbund.[citation needed] He has also provided substantial contribution to Aromanian
Gustav_Weigand
Austroasiatic language spoken in Laos
total of 20 monophthongs. Unlike other languages in the Southeast Asian sprachbund, the length contrast is not between short and long, but between "regular"
Jru'_language
Grammar of the Cherokee language
Atlas Tamazight Hebrew Historical Kabyle Somali Tigrinya Ugaritic Altaic (sprachbund) Turkic Kazakh Kyrgyz Tatar Turkish Turkmen Uyghur Uzbek Yakut Japonic
Cherokee_grammar
14th-century ethnocultural synthesis in Asia
contact. The similarities have led to the proposal of a Northeast Asian sprachbund instead, which also includes the Tungusic, Koreanic, and Japonic language
Turco-Mongol_tradition
Extinct language in Egypt
Semitocentric approach; or, as G. W. Tsereteli suggests, Afroasiatic is a sprachbund, rather than a true genetic language family. The Egyptian language can
Egyptian_language
Language family of Botswana and South Africa
thought to be due to thousands of years of contact and mutual influence (a sprachbund), but some scholars believe that the two families may eventually prove
Tuu_languages
Geographical region where a common first language is spoken
dictionary. Dachsprache Dialect continuum Lingua franca Pluricentric language Sprachbund World language Burgen, Stephen (29 June 2015). "US now has more Spanish
Sprachraum
pronouns. Case is not marked, except in varieties in the Qinghai–Gansu sprachbund. The forms of demonstratives vary greatly, with few cognates between different
Varieties_of_Chinese
Bilateral relations
commonly nomadic peoples despite ethnic differences, and the cultural sprachbund evolved into a mixture of alliance and conflicts. The Hunnic Xiongnu people
Mongolia–Turkey_relations
Romance language of the Balkans
Megleno-Romanian language Common Romanian Substrate in Romanian Balkan sprachbund Origin of the Romanians Thraco-Roman Daco-Roman Eastern Romance languages
Istro-Romanian_language
Grammar of the Kashubian language
Atlas Tamazight Hebrew Historical Kabyle Somali Tigrinya Ugaritic Altaic (sprachbund) Turkic Kazakh Kyrgyz Tatar Turkish Turkmen Uyghur Uzbek Yakut Japonic
Kashubian_grammar
Unclassified extinct language of the Rouran
had borrowed some words from an unknown language not part of the Altaic sprachbund that might have been Rouran, arguing that if so, the language would be
Rouran_language
Haida-based pidgin of Canada
In the 1830s a pidgin trade language based on Haida, known as Haida Jargon, was used in the islands by speakers of English, Haida, Coast Tsimshian, and
Haida_Jargon
Proposed language family
due to both being Nilo-Saharan families, whereas Berta and Jebel form a sprachbund. A similar classification was given in Starostin (2014): Eastern Sudanic
Eastern_Sudanic_languages
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