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Name the major families of human languages spoken in the world. Warning: many such linguistic classifications are controversial and debated.

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      • Sino-Tibetan (1,600m)
      • 78.4%
      • Indo-European (1,600m)
      • 67.6%
      • Afro-Asiatic (350m)
      • 51.4%
      • Niger-Congo (160m)
      • 35.1%
      • Altaic (200m)
      • 35.1%
      • Dravidian (200m)
      • 32.4%
      • Austronesian (300m)
      • 32.4%
      • Na-Déne (200,000)
      • 32.4%
      • Uralic (25m)
      • 27.0%
      • Pama-Nyungan (20,000)
      • 21.6%
      • Amerindian (2m; several families)
      • 21.6%
      • Eskimo-Aleut (200,000)
      • 21.6%
      • Tai-Kadai (90m)
      • 18.9%
      • Nilo-Saharan (11m)
      • 16.2%
      • Austro-Asiatic (100m)
      • 13.5%
      • Papuan (5m; several families)
      • 13.5%
      • Caucasian (8m)
      • 10.8%
      • Khoisan (300,000)
      • 8.1%
      • Others
      • 5.4%

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    • Afro-Asiatic (350m)
    • Niger-Congo (160m)
    • Nilo-Saharan (11m)
    • Khoisan (300,000)
    • Indo-European (1,600m)
    • Caucasian (8m)
    • Altaic (200m)
    • Uralic (25m)
    • Dravidian (200m)
    • Sino-Tibetan (1,600m)
    • Austro-Asiatic (100m)
    • Austronesian (300m)
    • Pama-Nyungan (20,000)
    • Papuan (5m; several families)
    • Tai-Kadai (90m)
    • Amerindian (2m; several families)
    • Na-Déne (200,000)
    • Eskimo-Aleut (200,000)
    • Others