Re: Eurolangs (was: Uusisuom's influences)

Raymond Brown wrote:


>> I think it would probably be simplest to take as European the languages of
>> any country that is a member of UEFA (European Union of Association
>> Football), except Israel.
>
> ....or all countries take part in European Song Contest, except Israel  ;)
The UNESCO Red Book On Endangered Languages defines Europe as consisting
of the following countries:

    * Albania
    * Andorra
    * Austria
    * Belarus
    * Belgium
    * Bosnia and Hercegovina
    * Bulgaria
    * Croatia
    * Cyprus
    * Czechia
    * Denmark
    * England
    * Estonia
    * Faroe Islands
    * Finland
    * France
    * Germany
    * Gibraltar
    * Greece
    * Guernsey
    * Hungary
    * Iceland
    * Ireland
    * Italy
    * Jersey
    * Latvia
    * Liechtenstein
    * Lithuania
    * Luxembourg
    * Macedonia
    * Malta
    * Isle of Man
    * Moldova
    * Monaco
    * The Netherlands
    * Norway
    * Poland
    * Portugal
    * Romania
    * Russia (in part)
    * San Marino
    * Slovakia
    * Slovenia
    * Spain (excluding Canary Islands)
    * Sweden
    * Switzerland
    * Turkey (in part)
    * Ukraine
    * United Kingdom
    * Vatican State
    * Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegr

Transparently the line between European Turkey and Asian Turkey is the
Straits, but it is not clear where the line is drawn in Russia.

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