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Indo-European Languages

    English 

English dialects of the British Isles and United Kingdom

  • British English + Cornish = West Country English.
  • British English + Rhyming = Cockney.
  • British English + Scottish English = Geordie.
  • British English + Melting Pot = Scouse.
  • British English + Britain Is Only London = Received Pronunciation.
  • British English + Scottish Gaelic = Scottish English.
  • British English + Welsh = Welsh English.
    • Welsh English + West Country English = Eastern Welsh English.
    • Welsh English + Merseyside English = Northern Welsh English.
  • British English + Irish Gaelic = Irish English.
    • Irish English + Dublin = Dublin English.
      • Dublin English ^ 11 = New Dublin English.
    • Irish English + Ulster-Scots = Ulster English.
  • British English + Manx = Manx English.
  • British English + Channel Island French = Channel Island English.
    • Channel Island English + Guernésiais = Guernsey English.
    • Channel Island English + Jèrriais + Jersey Legal French = Jersey English.
  • British English + Andalusian Spanish = Gibraltarian English.

English dialects of Australia and New Zealand

  • British English (vulgar) + Scottish English + Irish English + Aboriginal Australian Languages = Australian English.
    • Australian English + Aboriginal Australian Languages = Australian Aboriginal English.
    • Australian English + Torres Strait Languages = Torres Strait English.
  • British English + Scottish English + Maori = New Zealand English.

American English dialects

  • British English + Algonquin + Iroquois + Yiddish + Mexican Spanish + AAVE + Webster's Dictionary = American English.
  • American English + Big Applesauce = New York City English.
  • American English + Pennsylvania German = Pennsylvania Dutch English.
  • American English + Germanic immigrant languages = North-Central American English
    • North-Central American English + Scandinavians + Canadian French + Cornish = Upper Peninsula English (Yooper).
    • North-Central American English + 1930s Minnesotans to Alaska = Matanuska-Susitna Valley English.
  • American English + African languages = African-American English.
    • American English + Spanish = Western American English.
      • Western American English + Hollywood Provincialism = California English.
      • California English + Scottish + Irish + Pomoan + Spanish = Boontling.
      • Western American English + Mexican Spanish = Chicano English.
      • Western American English + New Mexico Spanish + Navajo = New Mexico English.
      • Western American English + Hawaiian = Hawaiian Pidgin
      • Western American English + Tagalog = Philippine English.
  • American English + Deep South = Southern American English
    • Southern American English + West and Central African languages = Gullah.
      • Southern American English + The Big Easy = New Orleans English.
      • Southern American English + Cajun French = Cajun English.
  • American English + Cuban Spanish = Miami English.
  • American English + Yiddish + Hebrew = Yeshivish.
  • American English + Canadian English + Irish Gaelic = Eastern New England English

Canadian English dialects

  • British English + American English + Canadian French = Canadian English.
  • Canadian English + Irish English + Acadian French = Maritime English.
    • Maritime English + Scottish Gaelic + Scots = Cape Breton English.
    • Maritime English + German = Lunenburg English.
    • Maritime English + Irish English (particularly SE) + some Scottish + some First Nations = Newfoundland English.
  • Canadian English + Canadian French = Quebec English.
  • Canadian English + American English + Scottish + Irish = Ottawa Valley English.
  • Canadian English + Western American English + Chinook Jargon = Pacific Northwest English.

African English dialects

  • British English + Afrikaans + Bantu = South African English.
  • British English + Igbo + Yoruba = Nigerian English.
  • British English + Luganda = Ugandan English.
  • British English + Swahili = Kenyan English.

Asian English dialects

  • British English + Hindi/Urdu = Indian/Pakistani English.
  • British English + Malay + Cantonese + Tamil = Malaysian/Singaporean English.
  • British English + Cantonese = Hong Kong English.

Caribbean English dialects

  • British English + Jamaican Patois = Jamaican English.
  • British English + Caribbean Hindustani = Trinidadian English.

    Other Germanic 

Original

  • Proto-Indo-European + Grimm's Law = Proto-Germanic
  • Proto-Germanic + Germany = Old High German.
  • Proto-Germanic + Danish = Old Saxon.
  • Proto-Germanic + Latin = Old Frankish.
  • Proto-Germanic + Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law = Anglo-Frisian.
  • Proto-Germanic + The Viking Age = Old Norse.
  • Proto-Germanic × Slavic = Gothic.
    • Gothic + Ukrainian = Crimean Gothic.
    • Gothic × Gaulish = Burgundian.

High German

  • Old High German ^ 11 = Central German.
    • Central German ^ 11 = [Standard High] German.
    • Central German + Polish = Silesian.
    • Central German + Old Prussian = High Prussian.
    • Central German + Low German = Franconian.
      • Franconian + Flemish = Luxembourgish.
      • Franconian + Lorrain = Lorraine Franconian.
      • Franconian + American English = Pennsylvania German.
  • Old High German + southern = Upper German.
    • Upper German + French = Alsatian.
    • Upper German + Austria = Bavarian.
      • Bavarian + Italian = Mòcheno.
      • Bavarian + Lombard = Cimbrian.
      • Bavarian + Franconian = Hutterite German.
  • Old High German + Low German + Dutch + Polish + Old English + Scots + Frisian = Wymysorys
  • Old High German + American English = Texas German.

Low German

  • Old Saxon + German = North Low German.
    • North Low German + Frisian = East Frisian Low German.
    • North Low German + Polish = East Low German.
      • East Low German + Old Prussian + Ukrainian = Plautdietsch.
    • North Low German + Limburgish = Westphalian.
  • Old Saxon + Dutch = Dutch Low German.

Low Franconian

  • Old Frankish + Anglo-Frisian = Old Dutch.
    • Old Dutch + The Netherlands = Dutch.
      • Dutch + Flemish = Limburgish.
      • Dutch + Frisian = Town Frisian.
      • Dutch + English + Lenape = Jersey Dutch.
      • Dutch + Iroquois = Mohawk Dutch.
    • Old Dutch + Belgium = Flemish.
    • Dutch + Huguenot French + Portuguese + Bantu + Khoisan + Malay = Afrikaans.

Anglo-Frisian

  • Anglo-Frisian + Latin + Celtic = Old English.
    • Old English + Anglo-Norman = British English (see English)
    • Old English + Scottish Gaelic = Scots.
      • Scots + Norn = Insular Scots.
      • Scots + Irish = Ulster Scots.
    • (Old English × Irish) + County Wexford = Forth and Bargy.
    • (Old English × Irish) + County Fingal = Fingallian.
  • Anglo-Frisian + German + Dutch = Old Frisian.
    • Old Frisian + Dutch = West Frisian.
    • Old Frisian + German = Saterland Frisian.
    • Old Frisian + Danish = North Frisian.

North Germanic

  • Old Norse ^ 11 = Icelandic.
  • Old Norse × North America = Greenlandic Norse.
  • Old Norse × Norway = Norwegian.
    • Norwegian ^ American English = Bokmål.
    • Norwegian ^ Swedish = Nynorsk.
    • Norwegian ^ British English = Riksmål.
    • Norwegian ^ 11 = Høgnorsk.
    • Norwegian × Scotland = Norn.
    • Norwegian + Icelandic = Faeroese.
  • Old Norse × Denmark = Danish.
  • Old Norse × Sweden = Swedish.
    • Swedish + (Old Norse ^ 11) = Elfdalian.
    • Swedish × Finnish = Ostrobothnian Swedish.
    • Swedish × (Finnish + Sami + Meankieli) = Kalix.
    • Swedish × Estonian = Estonian Swedish.
    • Swedish × Danish = Scanian dialect.
    • Swedish × Baltic = Gutnish.

    Romance 
  • Latin ^ 11 = Classical Latin.
  • (Latin ^ 11) + (Paleo-Sardinian | Albanian) + Greek + Catalan + Spanish = Sardinian.
    • (Sardinian ^ 11) + Corsican = Logudorese dialect.
    • Sardinian + Aragonese + Catalan + Spanish = Campidanese dialect.

Eastern Romance

  • Latin + Old Church Slavonic = Romanian.
    • Romanian + Greek + Macedonian = Aromanian.
    • Romanian + Cyrillic alphabet = Moldovan.
    • Romanian + Croatian = Istro-Romanian.
    • Romanian + Greek + Turkish = Megleno-Romanian.

Italo-Dalmatian

  • Latin + Spanish = Italian.
    • Italian + Romanian = Dalmatian.
    • Italian + Croatian = Istriot.

Rhaeto-Romance

  • Latin + German = Romansh.
  • Hebrew + Spanish = Ladino (Sephardim).

Ibero-Romance

  • Portuguese + Spanish = Galician.
  • Latin + Arabic = Mozarabic.
  • Spanish + Catalan = Aragonese.
  • Spanish + French + Celtic = Portuguese.
    • European Portuguese + Bantu + Tupi = Brazilian Portuguese.
  • Italian + Arabic + Basque = Spanish.
    • Castilian Spanish + Mozarabic + Romani = Andalusian Spanish.
      • Andalusian Spanish + Guanches = Canarian Spanish.
    • Castilian Spanish + Nahuatl = Mexican Spanish.
      • Mexican Spanish + Mayan = Central American Spanish.
      • Mexican Spanish + American English + Pueblo = New Mexican Spanish.
    • Castilian Spanish + Canarian Spanish + Taino = Caribbean Spanish.
      • Caribbean Spanish + Arawak + Venezuelan Spanish.
    • Castilian Spanish + Italian + Guarani = Argentinian Spanish.
    • Castilian Spanish + Quechuan + Aymara = Peruvian Spanish.
      • Peruvian Spanish + Argentinian Spanish + Mapuche = Chilean Spanish.

Occitano-Romance

  • Occitan + Spanish = Catalan.
    • Catalan + Sardinian = Algherese.
  • French + Italian = Occitan.
    • Occitan + Italian = Provencal.
    • Occitan + Catalan = Aranese.

Gallo-Romance

  • Latin + Celtic + German = French.
    • European French + Iroquois + Canadian English = Canadian French.
      • Canadian French + American English + Louisiana Creole = Cajun French.
      • Cajun French + Haitian Creole = Louisiana Creole.
    • European French + Maghrebi Arabic + Tuareg = North African French.
    • European French + Mande + Senegambian = West African French.
    • European French + Fang = Central African French.
    • European French + Malagasy = Malagasy French.
    • European French + Ibo + Fon = Haitian Creole.
      • European French + Haitian Creole = Caribbean French.
  • French + Breton = Gallo.
  • French + Flemish = Walloon.
    • Walloon + Lingala = Congolese French.
  • French + Old Norse = Norman.
  • French + Occitan = Arpitan/Franco-Provencal.
    • Norman + Old English = Anglo-Norman.

    Celtic 
  • Brythonic + Latin = Welsh.
    • Welsh + French = Breton.
    • Welsh + English = Cornish.
  • Gaelic + English = Irish.
  • Gaelic + Pictish = Scottish Gaelic.
    • Scottish Gaelic + Canadian English = Canadian Gaelic.

    Slavic 
  • Russian + Ukrainian = Belarusian.
  • Russian + German + Latin = Polish.
  • Ukrainian + Slovak = Rusyn.
  • Russian + Polish = Ukrainian.

    Other Indo-European 
  • Indo-Iranian + Arabic = Persian
    • Persian + Pashto + English = Dari
    • Persian + Turkic + Russian = Tajik
  • Indo-Aryan + Dravidian = Sanskrit
    • Sanskrit + Thai = Pali.
    • Sankrit + Persian + English = Hindi.
      • Hindi + Jamaican Patois = Caribbean Hindustani.
      • Hindi + Arabic + Persian = Urdu.
  • Indo-European + Georgian = Armenian.
  • Indo-European + Semitic = Hittite.

Other Language Families

    Afroasiatic 
  • Ancient Egyptian + Greek = Coptic.

Semitic

  • Akkadian + Hebrew + Phoenician = Aramaic.
  • Aramaic + Greek + Persian = Arabic.
    • Classical Arabic ^ 11 = Peninsular Arabic.
    • Classical Arabic + Coptic = Egyptian Arabic.
      • Egyptian Arabic + Nubian = Sudanese Arabic.
    • Classical Arabic + Berber = Maghrebi Arabic.
      • Maghrebi Arabic + French = Algerian Arabic.
      • Maghrebi Arabic + French + Spanish + Portuguese = Moroccan Arabic.
      • Maghrebi Arabic + African Latin = Tunisian Arabic.
      • Maghrebi Arabic + Italian + Turkish = Libyan Arabic.
      • Maghrebi Arabic + Muslim conquest of Sicily = Siculo-Arabic.
      • Siculo-Arabic + Latin Alphabet + Italian + Sicilian = Maltese.
      • Maghrebi Arabic + Mozarabic = Andalusi Arabic.
      • Maghrebi Arabic + Berber + Spanish = Jebli Arabic.

    Austronesian 
  • Javanese + Arabic + English = Malay.
  • Malay + Dutch = Indonesian.
  • Malay + Spanish + English = Filipino/Tagalog.

    Turkic 
  • Oghuz Turkic + Arabic + Persian = Ottoman Turkish.
    • Ottoman Turkish - Arabic - Persian + French = (Modern) Turkish.
  • Oghuz Turkic + Russian + Arabic + Persian = Azerbaijani.
  • Karluk Turkic + Persian + Russian = Uzbek.

    Miscellaneous/Unsorted 
  • Khanty-Mansi + German + Romanian = Hungarian.
  • Chinese + Korean = Japanese.
    • Though the same could be said about Korean being Chinese + Japanese; King Sejong the Great (creator of hangul, or the written Korean Language as we know it today) used parts of both languages to create a new one.
    • Note that all three are in different language families, though they obviously did influence each other, particularly in the form of writing systems.
  • Portuguese + Cantonese + Malay + Sinhalese = Macanese Patuá
  • Zhuang + Pali + Sanskrit + Old Khmer = Thai.
  • Khmer + French + Chinese = Vietnamese
  • Tamil + Sanskrit = Malayalam

    Constructed Languages and Interlanguages 
  • Spanish + Russian + Latin + German = Esperanto
    • Esperanto + second-language accommodation = Ido
  • Romance languages + English + German + Russian = Interlingua
  • Old Church Slavonic + Modern Slavic = Interslavic
  • Spanish + Italian + French + Portuguese + Catalan = Lingua Franca Nova
  • English + Romance languages + German = Occidental
  • English + French + German = Volapük
  • Esperanto + Cherokee = Poliespo

Alternative Title(s): Germanic Languages

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