How Many Living Branches Does the Indo-European Language Family Have?

💡 The Answer

• The family explicitly lists eight living branches.
• These are Albanian, Armenian, Balto-Slavic, Celtic, Germanic, Hellenic, Indo-Iranian, and Italic.
• Two extinct branches (Anatolian and Tocharian) are also mentioned.
• Each branch contains present-day languages still spoken.
• Not all branches have equal numbers of speakers or languages.