Here’s an overview of the world’s language groups, including major families, their characteristics, and examples: 1. Indo-European Languages Overview: The largest language family, spoken by nearly half of the world’s population. Subgroups: Germanic: English, German, Dutch, Swedish. Romance: Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese. Slavic: Russian, Polish, Czech, Bulgarian. Indo-Iranian: Hindi, Bengali, Persian, Urdu. Characteristics: Often inflected languages with a rich system…