Language isolate

3 languages

Basque

Language isolate750,000Latin

The only surviving pre-Indo-European language in Western Europe. Not related to any other known lang...

Ainu

Language isolateUnder 10Latin (Katakana)

The language of the indigenous Ainu of northern Japan. A famous isolate with no proven relatives. No...

Burushaski

Language isolate100,000Perso-Arabic

Spoken in the deep valleys of Hunza and Nagar in northern Pakistan. Has resisted 150 years of classi...