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Language Families - Easy

Can you name the 13 language families that compose atleast 1% of the languages on Ethnologue?
source: https://www.ethnologue.com/browse/families/
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Last updated: May 10, 2023
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First submittedMay 9, 2023
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1,542 Languages
21.7%
Igbo, Xhosa, Zulu
Niger-Congo
1,257 Languages
17.7%
Cebuano, Tagalog, Ilocano
Austronesian
482 Languages
6.8%
Enga, Golin, Sinasina
Trans-New Guinea
455 Languages
6.4%
Chinese, Tibetan, Burmese
Sino-Tibetan
448 Languages
6.3%
English, Hindi (Urdu), Spanish
Indo-European
381 Languages
5.4%
Dhuwal, Kriol, Upper Arrernte
Australian
377 Languages
5.3%
Arabic, Somali, Tuareg
Afro-Asiatic
206 Languages
2.9%
Luo, Kanuri, Songhay
Nilo-Saharan
178 Languages
2.5%
Zapotec, Mixtec, Mazahua
Oto-Manguean
167 Languages
2.3%
Khmer, Vietnamese, Khasi
Austroasiatic
91 Languages
1.3%
Thai, Lao, Shan, Zhuang
Tai-Kadai
86 Languages
1.2%
Kannada, Tamil, Telugu
Dravidian
76 Languages
1.1%
Guaraní, Tupinambá, Awetí
Tupi-Guarani
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Level 61
May 9, 2023
If you have any type in's to suggest, post it in the comments
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Level 82
May 10, 2023
Bengali is listed under Austroasiatic here. Isn't it a Indo-European language?
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Level 61
May 10, 2023
modified :)

thanks, but please don't reveal the answers in the comments

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Level 59
Jul 4, 2023
Man got carried away with his “Countries been to” map! I HIGHLY doubt you’ve been to EVERY country in the world, and KNOW you haven’t been to North Korea. Funny, though.
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Level 61
Jul 21, 2023
lol i havent changed it once since i first started jetpunk, and when i decided to, i accidentally forgot to save and now im too lazy to do the map once again.