Why did so many languages develop in Europe?

Are Welsh and Irish the only non-Indo-European languages in Europe?

My friend told me that Welsh and Irish are not Indo-European. I can actually understand that because they don't sound or look anything like Indo-European languages. And we all know that Welsh and Irish are not related to English, which is an Indo-European language. While the Anglo-Saxons arrived in Britain, the original Celtic Britons could not understand anything of what they said, and that shows that Celtic languages and Anglo-Saxon language are not in the same family. I know that Welsh and Irish belong to the Celtic language family, but are they related to other languages? I find Welsh and Irish among the most beautiful languages in the world, and there is no wonder why Tolkien based the elven languages on Welsh, Irish and Finnish. I think Finnish looks a lot like Celtic languages. Is there any relationship between Welsh, Irish and Finnish?
Answer:

They ARE Indo-European languages. These are the subdivisions of Indo-European languages of Europe: Albanian Balto-Slavic (Baltic and Slavic) Celtic Germanic Hellenic (Greek) Italic (includes Romance) (Irish and Welsh belong to the celtic languages) The only non-Indoeuropean languages of Europe are Finnish,Estonian,Hungarian Basque and Turkish (if you consider Turkey partly European)

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Pretty much any language used in countries as a first choice language is a derivative of an Indo-European language. The only ones that aren't are usually tribal languages that exist in some cultures such as in area's of the Amazon, or groups such as the Aztecs. Irish Gaelic is a mix of very old Anglo-Germanic, tied in Nordic languages. If you look at cities in Denmark, Finland and Sweden you'll see a lot of the town names share similarities to Gaelic, as well as their language structure which too bears a lot of similarities to our current version of Gaelic. This is mainly because of the Viking invasions which have no doubt influenced Gaelic.

Rugby Fan

Welsh and Irish are part of the Celtic branch of Indo-European languages.Basque,Hungarian, Finnish and Maltese are some Non-IndoEuropean languages of Europe

Kevin7

Welsh and irish are celtic language and part of the Indo-European language so you have been mis informed by your friend..................................…

Maxi

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