Can you name the Most Spoken Language Families? by gallisuchus

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Most Spoken Language Families Quiz

by gallisuchus

Created Sep 27, 2009 in Language
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	vixinu:	Oct 27th, 2009 at 21:41 GMT	1 point
	Japanese is highly disputed. Recommendations for additions: Finno-Ugric (Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian)

	gallisuchus:	Oct 29th, 2009 at 00:13 GMT	1 point
	The origin of Japanese is controversial, that's why most linguists place it in its own family, Japonic along with Ryukuyan. Also I don't think the Uralic language family is the 11th most spoken.

	Williams27:	Dec 17th, 2009 at 08:36 GMT	2 points
	Altaic's a bit controversial too, no? I would either go with Turkic (and/or Korean) instead, or if you're going to use Altaic, include Japonic as part of it rather than a separate family. I think that's what most Altaicists would do. Enjoyed your quiz though!

	bicyclerace:	Sep 26th, 2010 at 19:36 GMT	1 point
	Uralic should be a family here, as should Nilo-Saharan also Korean is its own family

	PaulLambeth:	Dec 6th, 2011 at 23:02 GMT	1 point
	I agree with Japanese and with Altaic. They should be changed. I tried all sorts of combinations of Turkic and other families to get something.