In the second map, the distribution of languages is shown. You will notice that the Celtic languages are found only in small parts of the British Isles, and in the westernmost point of France. The Bulgarians are here marked Slavic because their language belongs to that branch. One of the most curious things about the two maps is the presence of little spots like islands, particularly made up of German-speaking peoples. There are several of these little islands in Russia. They have been there for nearly two hundred years. A traveler crossing the southern part of Russia is astonished to find districts as large as an American county where not a word of Russian is spoken. The people are all of Germanic blood, although they live under the government of Russia. In the same way, there is a large German island in the midst of the Roumanians in Transylvania and another between the Slovaks and Poles at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains. There is a large Hungarian island in Transylvania also, entirely surrounded by Germans and Roumanians. The table on the opposite page shows the main branches of the Indo-European family that are found in Europe. The Indo-European Family of Languages (_a_) Hindu branch (_b_) Persian branch (_c_) Celtic branch Gāe′lic (northern Scotland) Welsh Cornish (dead) Erse (Irish) Brē′ton (western France) (_d_) Latin branch Portuguese Spanish French Romansh (southeastern Switzerland) Italian Roumanian (_e_) Germanic branch Norwegian Danish Swedish Dutch Flemish (Belgium) Low German High German English (_f_) Slavonic branch Russian Polish Lettish Lithuanian Old Prussian (dead) Czech (Bohemian [pronounced Chĕck]) Slō vak′ (northern Hungary) Serbian Bulgarian Slove′nian (southwestern Austria) Crōa′tian (southern Austria) Ruthē′nian (northeastern Austria-Hungary, and southwestern Russia) } } Baltic states of Russia } (_g_) Greek (_h_) Albā′nian