Atlas

Language Families

Family geography and dispersal arcs from -10,000 to today. Three views — pick one to start, or move between them once you're inside.

Global

World

All major families. Dispersal arcs over -10,000 to today. Flat map or globe.

~140 families Time scrubber Globe toggle
Branch level

Europe

Indo-European branches in detail — Romance, Germanic, Slavic, Celtic, Hellenic, Baltic, plus Uralic and Basque.

8 branches ~70 languages Endangered filter
High resolution

East Asia

Sino-Tibetan plus neighbors — Japonic, Koreanic, Tai-Kadai, Austronesian, Hmong-Mien, Mongolic, Tungusic.

7 families Per-language detail Endangered filter

Inside any view, the controls let you switch zoom (families → branches → languages), scrub through time, and jump between the three views without returning here.