Languages of the Balkans

This is a list of languages spoken in regions ruled by Balkan countries. With the exception of several Turkic languages, all of them belong to the Indo-European family. A subset of these languages is notable for forming a well-studied "sprachbund", a group of languages that have developed some striking structural similarities over time.
Indo-European languages.
Slavic languages.
Western South Slavic.
with a variety of dialects, main of which are:
Extinct languages.
These are extinct languages that were once spoken in the Balkans