#Overview > [][1]][2] [][3]][4] Since there are a fair amount of them, languages are grouped below by language family: ##[Basque][5] A linguistic isolate native to the Pyrenees mountains between Spain, and France. > [![Basque Map][6]][6] <sub>Source: "Location of the Basque-language provinces within Spain and France" by [Eddo][7] from [Wikipedia.org][8]</sub> ##[Uralic Languages][9] > [![Map of Uralic][10]][11] <sub>Source: "Linguistic maps of the Uralic languages" by [Eddo][12] derived based on a work by [Chumwa][13] from [Wikipedia.org][14]</sub> - [Finnic Languages][15]: [Finnish][16], [Karelian][17], [Estonian][18], [Vepsian][19], [Ingrian][20], [Votic][21], [Ludic][22], [Livonian][23] - [Sámi languages][24] - [Mordvinic languages][25] - [Hungarian][26] - [Mansi language][27] - [Khanty language][28] - A lot of little Uralic languages near the Urals. (likely incomplete, but these are all small, and on the fringes of Asia) - [Komi language](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komi_language) - [Udmurt language](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udmurt_language) - [Mari language](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_language) - [Erzya language](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erzya_language) - [Mordvinic languages](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordvinic_languages) ##[Afro-Asiatic Languages][29]: - [Maltese][30], spoken on the island of Malta. Quite closely related to Arabic, this is the only Afro-Asiatic language that is an official language of an EU member country. [![enter image description here][31]][31] ##[Turkic Languages][32] > [![Turkic Map][33]][33] <sub>Source: "An accurate representation of the areas in which Turkic languages are spoken." Copyright by Mirza Farahani, used under CC BY-SA 4.0 from [wikipedia.org][34].</sub> - [Turkish][35] in the portions of the nation of Turkey west of the Bosporus (including Istanbul). - [Azeri] [36] in the portion of Azerbaijan that is in Europe. - [Tatar] [37] in Tatarstan area of Russia - [Kipshak] [38] in Russia and other parts of Eastern Europe - [Bashkir language][39] is a Turkic language belonging to the Kipchak branch. It is co-official with Russian in the Republic of Bashkortostan, European Russia - [Kazakh][40] in the Russian-Kazakh border regions - [Gagauz language][41] by the Gagauz people of Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, and Turkey, and it is the official language of the Autonomous Region of Gagauzia in Moldova. - [Chuvash language][42] in European Russia, primarily in the Chuvash Republic and adjacent areas. ##Caucasian language families These language families are not currently considered related, so this a geographic grouping, not a linguistic one. The below language *families* are all native to the region between the Black and Caspian seas. ###[Northeast Caucasian (Caspian) Languages][43] > [![enter image description here][44]][45] <sub>Source: "Approximate distribution of the branches of the Northeast Caucasian languages" by [JorisvS][46] from [wikipedia.org][47]</sub> Spoken in both Azerbaijan and in the Russian Republics of Dagestan, Chechnya and Ingushetia. These include Chechen, Avar, Lezgian, Dargwa, Ingush, Lak, and Nakh. ###[Northwest Caucasian (Pontic) Languages][48] > [![enter image description here][49]][50] <sub>Source: "Approximate distribution of the branches of the Northwest Caucasian languages" by Gaga.vaa from [wikipedia.org][51]</sub> Within Europe, spoken primarily in the Russian Republics of Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay–Cherkessia. Members of the family represented in Europe include Karbardian and Adyghe. ###[Kartvelian (Iberian) Languages][52] >[![enter image description here][53]][53] - [Georgian][52] in European portions of Georgia<sup>*</sup> ###[Mongolian languages][54] In the form of [Kalmyckian][55] [Oirat][56], with Kalmyckia also the region in Europe with Buddhism as the main religion. > [![enter image description here][57]][57] ---------- ####Footnotes: <sub>* - Geographically debatable</sub> [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/cYFa6m.jpg [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/cYFa6.jpg [3]: https://i.sstatic.net/FPxW0m.png [4]: https://i.sstatic.net/FPxW0.png [5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_language [6]: https://i.sstatic.net/yG0SI.png [7]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Eddo [8]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_language#/media/File:Basque_Country_Location_Map.svg [9]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uralic_languages [10]: https://i.sstatic.net/4KWEwm.png [11]: https://i.sstatic.net/4KWEw.png [12]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nug [13]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/de:Benutzer:Chumwa [14]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uralic_languages#/media/File:Linguistic_map_of_the_Uralic_languages_(en).png [15]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnic_languages [16]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_language [17]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karelian_language [18]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_language [19]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veps_language [20]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrian_language [21]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Votic_language [22]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludic_language [23]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livonian_language [24]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1mi_languages [25]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordvinic_languages [26]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_language [27]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansi_language [28]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khanty_language [29]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afroasiatic_languages [30]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltese_language [31]: https://i.sstatic.net/mtaZo.png [32]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkic_languages [33]: https://i.sstatic.net/euQFz.png [34]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkic_languages#/media/File:TurkicLanguagemap.png [35]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_language [36]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Azerbaijan [37]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatar_language [38]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kipchak_languages [39]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashkir_language [40]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_language [41]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gagauz_language [42]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuvash_language [43]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Caucasian_languages [44]: https://i.sstatic.net/hfto5m.png [45]: https://i.sstatic.net/hfto5.png [46]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JorisvS [47]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Northeast_Caucasian_languages.png#/media/File:Northeast_Caucasian_languages.png [48]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Caucasian_languages [49]: https://i.sstatic.net/5uWPMm.png [50]: https://i.sstatic.net/5uWPM.png [51]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Caucasian_languages#/media/File:Northwest_Caucasian_languages_map.png [52]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kartvelian_languages [53]: https://i.sstatic.net/xmJPv.png [54]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolic_languages [55]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmyk_language [56]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oirat_language [57]: https://i.sstatic.net/wG4oQm.png