Language Families and Subfamilies with a Map

On the map below, can you name: - all the world's language families, and - the major subdivisions of several of those families?

Isolates, creoles, pidgins, and unclassified languages are not included.

The distinctions between (sub/)families leans conservative (meaning no Nilo-Saharan) but is ultimately still arbitrary.

Extinct families are not included, with the exception of language families indigenous to areas that have undergone colonisation, where the most recent pre-contact distribution of languages is shown on the map.

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Families
Afroasiatic
└	Berber
└	Chadic
└	Cushitic
└	Omotic
└	Semitic
Alacalufan
Algic
└	Central Algonquian
└	Eastern Algonquian
└	Plains Algonquian
└	Ritwan
Andamanese
Arai-Samaia
Araucanian
Arawakan
└	Palikuran
└	Paresi-Waura
└	Southern Arawakan
└	Ta-Arawakan
└	Upper Amazon Arawakan
Arawan
Atlantic-Congo
└	Bantoid
└	Bantu
└	Cross River
└	Grassfields
└	Gur
└	Jukunoid
└	Kainji
└	Kru
└	Kwa
└	Mel
└	Mambiloid
└	Plateau
└	Savannas
└	Senegambian
└	Senufo
└	Volta-Niger
Austroasiatic
└	Aslian
└	Bahnaric
└	Katuic
└	Khasi-Palaungic
└	Khmeric
└	Monic
└	Munda
└	Nicobarese
└	Pearic
└	Vietic
Austronesian
└	Admiralty Islands
└	Aru
└	Barito
└	Barrier Islands-Batak
└	Celebic
└	Central Maluku
└	Central Pacific
└	Chamic
└	East Formosan
└	Flores-Lembata
└	Greater Central Philippine
└	Kayan-Murik
└	Kei-Tanimbar
└	Land Dayak
└	Malayic
└	Melanau-Kajang
└	Meso-Melanesian
└	Micronesian
└	Northeast Sabahan
└	Northern Luzon
└	North New Guinea
└	North Sarawakan
└	Northwestern Formosan
└	Papuan Tip
└	Southeast Solomonic
└	Southern Oceanic
└	South Halmahera-West New Guinea
└	South Sulawesi
└	Southwest Sabahan
└	Sumba-Flores
└	Temotu
└	Timoric
└	Tsouic

Families
Aymaran
Baining
Barbacoan
Boran
Border
Bororoan
Bulaka River
Bunuban
Caddoan
Cahuapanan
Cariban
└	Guiana Carib
└	Parukotoan
└	Venezuela Carib
Catacaoan
Central Solomon
Central Sudanic
└	Bongo-Bagirmi
└	Eastern Central Sudanic
Chapacuran
Charruan
Chibchan
└	Cuna-Colombian
└	Talamanca
└	Votic
Chicham
Chimakuan
Chinookan
Chocoan
Chon
Chukutko-Kamchatkan
Chumashan
Coosan
Costanoan
Daju
Darwin Region
Doso-Turumsa
Dogon
Dravidian
└	Central Dravidian
└	North Dravidian
└	South-Central Dravidian
└	South Dravidian
Eastern Daly
East Geelvink Bay
Eastern Jebel
East Strickland
East Trans-Fly
Eleman
Eskaleut
Fas
Fur
Garawan
Gogodala-Suki
Grass
Guaicuruan
Guajiboan
Harakmbut-Katukina
Hatam-Mansim
Heiban
Hmong-Mien
└	Hmongic
└	Mienic
Huarpean
Ijaw
Indo-European
└	Romance
└	Celtic
└	Indo-Aryan
└	Germanic
└	Nuristani
└	Iranian
└	Balto-Slavic
Iroquoian
└	Iroquois Proper

Families
Iwaidjan
Japonic
Jarrakan
Jicaquean
Jirajaran
Kadu
Kalapuyan
Kartvelian
Katloid
Kaure-Kosare
Keresan
Kho-Bwa
Khoe-Kwadi
Kiowa-Tanoan
Kiwaian
Komuz
└	Gumuz
└	Koman
Koreanic
Kra-Dai
└	Kam-Sui
└	Kra
└	Tai
Kuliak
Kunama
Kutubuan
Kwomtari
Kxa
Lakes Plain
Lenca
Leonhard Schultze
Lower Sepik
Lule-Vilela
Maban
Macro-Gunwinyguan
Macro-Je
└	Je
└	Kamaka
└	Kariri
└	Krenak
└	Maxakalian
└	Purian
└	Yabutian
Mairasi
Mande
Mantion-Meax
Mascoian
Matacoan
Mayan
└	Ch'olan
└	Huastec
└	Q'anjob'alan
└	Quichean-Mamean
└	Yucatecan
Mirndi
Misumalpan
Miwok
Mixe-Zoque
└	Mixe
└	Zoque
Mongolic
Muskogean
Na-Dene
└	Northern Athabaskan
└	Pacific Coast Athabaskan
└	Southern Athabaskan
Nambikwaran
Nadahup
Nilotic
└	Eastern Nilotic
└	Southern Nilotic
└	Western Nilotic
Nimboran
North Bougainville
Northeast Caucasian
North Halmahera

Families
Northern Eastern Sudanic
└	Nubian
Northwest Caucasian
Nyulnyulan
Ongan
Oto-Manguean
└	Chinantecan
└	Mixtecan
└	Oto-Pamean
└	Popolocan
└	Tlapanec-Manguean
└	Zapotecan
Pahoturi
Palaihnihan
Pama-Nyungan
└	Arandic-Thura-Yura
└	Dyirbalic
└	Karnic
└	Maric
└	Ngarna
└	Nyungic
└	Paman
└	Victorian Pama-Nyungan
└	Wati
└	Yolŋu
└	Yuin-Kuric
Panoan
└	Mainline Panoan
Pauwasi
Peba-Yaguan
Piaroa-Saliba
Plateau Penutian
Pomoan
Quechuan
Ramu
Rashad
Saharan
Salishan
└	Interior Salish
└	Coast Salish
Senagi
Sentani
Sepik
└	Middle Sepik
└	Sepik Hills
└	Upper Sepik
└	Wogamus
Shastan
Sino-Tibetan
└	Angami-Pochuri
└	Ao
└	Burmish
└	East Bodish
└	Greater Siangic
└	Karenic
└	Kiranti
└	Kuki-Chin
└	Loloish
└	Newaric
└	Nungish
└	Qiangic
└	Sal
└	Sinitic
└	Tamangic
└	Tangkhulic
└	Tani
└	Tibetic
└	West Himalayish
└	Zemeic
Siouan-Catawban
└	Mississippi Valley Siouan
└	Ohio Valley Siouan
Sko
Songhai
South Bird's Head

Families
South Bougainville
Southern Daly
Surmic
Tacanan
Talodi
Tangkic
Tasmanian
Taulil-Butam
Teberan
Temein
Tequistlatecan
Ticuna-Yuri
Timor-Alor-Pantar
Timotean
Tiniguan
Tor-Kwerba
└	Kwerbic
└	Orya-Tor
Torricelli
Totonacan
Trans-New Guinea
└	Angan
└	Anim
└	Asmat-Mombum
└	Binanderean
└	Bosavi
└	Central West New Guinea
└	Dani
└	Duna-Pogaya
└	Engan
└	Finisterre-Huon
└	Goilalan
└	Kayagar
└	Kainantu-Goroka
└	Madang
└	Paniai Lakes
└	Southeast Papuan
└	West Bomberai
Tsimshianic
Tucanoan
└	Western Tucanoan
Tungusic
Tupian
└	Tupi-Guarani
Turama-Kikorian
Turkic
└	Chimbu-Wahgi
└	Karluk
└	Kipchak
└	Oghuz
└	Siberian Turkic
Tuu
Ubangian
Upper Yuat
Uralic
Uru-Chipaya
Uto-Aztecan
└	Numic
└	Takic
└	Tarahumaran
└	Tepiman
Wagaydyic
Wakashan
West Bird's Head
Western Daly
Wintuan
Witotoan
Worrorran
Xincan
Yam
Yanomaman
Yawa
Yeniseian
Yokutsan
Yuat
Yukaghir
Yuki-Wappo
Yuman-Cochimi
Zamucoan
Zaparoan

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