Palaeo-Alpine languages
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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
- Grisons
- Dolomites Ladin
- Friulian
- 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 (fictional) non-Indo-European languages in addition to the languages listed above. (The idea behind this is that the Alps, being similar in size and landscape to the Caucasus, could harbour a similar wealth of languages.) These languages are grouped together als Alpine languages or Palaeo-Alpine languages. Like the Caucasian languages, they do not form a single family.
