Some interesting language tree charts linked in this blog post by Dan.
More interesting comparisons at "The world’s languages captured in 6 charts"
The links between Sanskrit and other world languages are particularly interesting to me.
Related information can be found here:
A table listing some terms shared by Sanskrit and some other languages is available on Britannica:
Down the rabbit hole:
Sir William Jones (1746–1794) was the first person to emphatically point out the similarities between Sanskrit with both Greek and Latin. Sir Jones was a British philologist, Orientalist, and jurist, known for his pioneering work in the field of comparative linguistics. His contributions laid the groundwork for the modern study of Indo-European languages. Subsequently, linguists expanded on his observations in the 19th century, establishing the connections between these languages and extending the family to include Slavic, Baltic, and other linguistic groups.
Sir Jones was also the first to propose the concept of an "Aryan invasion," which is no longer supported by experts. Funny thing is that, although his hypothesis on the link between these languages later led to the idea of the ancestor language called "Proto-Indo-European," but his work didn't include Hindi as one of the Indo-European languages!
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