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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Mav (talk | contribs) at 13:14, 19 January 2003. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

What exactly is the point of trying to divide the language families into continents. 1. It is inaccurate. 2. It is incomplete. 3. It is misleading. It makes Hungarian or Finnish seem related to German or Russian, and it it draws an unnecessary distinction between Sanskrit and Greek or Latin. Besides, in today's world, why would English be listed as European, when it has more speakers overseas (ditto with Portuguese). Does that make Tok Pidgin a "European" language too? I think it should be reverted to linguistic families, without the continents, etc. Danny

Agreed; I've changed it back. Brion VIBBER

Are we aiming for any particular level of detail here? I'd expect either more on (e.g.) Indo-European, or less on Semitic. Vicki Rosenzweig

Should this be moved to language family, or language families? Or should they redirect here? Thought I'd ask before I start creating redirects... I'll let those who watch this article deal with it. -- Sam

language family as the new page title gets my vote since this conforms to our naming conventions. --mav
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