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The | The Alps mountain range is occupied by languages of three Indo-European groups: | ||
* West Germanic | * West Germanic | ||
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The Alps mountain range is occupied by languages of three Indo-European groups:
- West Germanic
- Alemannic
- Bavarian
- Romance
- French
- Occitan
- Italian
- Rhaeto-Romance
- South Slavic
- Slovenian
Extinct languages of the Alps include the Celtic languages Gaulish and Lepontic and the non-Indo-European language Rhaetian, which is probably related to Etruscan.
In the League of Lost Languages, the Alps, similar to the Caucasus, are home to several non-Indo-European languages. These languages are grouped together als Alpine languages or Palaeo-Alpine languages. Like the Caucasian languages, they do not form a single family.
