Proto-Indo-European Language Tree

7 distinct visual themes • 2,094 languages across 18 depth levels • Authoritative Glottolog data

Default Cream
Warm cream background with pink/rose palette. Classic handwritten aesthetic.
Light Theme
Circuit
Dark tech background with electric blue palette. Cybernetic schematic theme.
Dark Theme
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Sketch Paper
Clean off-white with subtle grain. Neutral gray ink on artist paper.
New Light Theme
Graph Paper
Engineering grid with cool blue-gray palette. Technical precision aesthetic.
New Light Theme
Parchment
Aged paper with vignette. Sepia browns with rough, weathered appearance.
New Light Theme
Blueprint
Dark blue schematic with white lines. Architectural precision theme.
New Dark Theme
Sunburst (PIE Chart!)
Radial hierarchy blooming from center. Arc size = speaker count. The PIE/pie pun!
New Light Theme
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About the Data

All visualizations use authoritative data from Glottolog, the comprehensive comparative linguistics database. The tree includes 2,094 Indo-European languages across 18 depth levels, with historically accurate ancestor-descendant relationships.

Updated December 2025 — Previous versions used simplified educational data with only 5 depth levels. Modern English now correctly appears at depth 10, descending through Northwest Germanic → West Germanic → North Sea Germanic → Anglo-Frisian → Anglian → Mercian → Macro-English.