Languages that are closest are called language families. For instance, Spanish, Italian, French, and Portuguese belong to the Romance language family. English, German, Dutch, and Swedish are part of the Germanic language family. These languages share similarities in vocabulary, grammar, and syntax due to their common ancestors.
Tamil is part of the Dravidian language family, with the closest major relative being the other Dravidian languages such as Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam. These languages share structural similarities and historical linguistic connections.
The closest language to French is generally considered to be the other Romance languages, which include Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian. These languages share common Latin roots and have similarities in vocabulary and grammar.
Italian is considered the closest language to French, both linguistically and geographically, due to their shared Latin roots and historical interaction. The two languages also share similarities in vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation.
The closest language to German is Dutch. Both languages are part of the West Germanic language family and share similarities in vocabulary, grammar, and syntax.
The closest widely known language to Hungarian is Finnish, but still they are very far from each other nowadays. There more closely related languages to Hungarian (from the Ugric branch of Finno-Ugric languages, Finnish is in the Finno-[Permic] branch, of course), but those languages are highly unknown for most people also those languages are spoken by only a smaller group of people (at least compared to Hungarian and Finnish which means millions). Anyway, more closely related languages of Hungarian includes (for example): Mansi and Khanty.
Frisian is probably closest to modern English, but still largely unintelligible to an English speaker. Dutch is the second closest. All these languages are in the Germanic language family along with German, Swedish, Icelandic, and Danish.
The closest living languages to Spanish are:PortugueseCatalánGalcianoOccitanLadino
Tamil is part of the Dravidian language family, with the closest major relative being the other Dravidian languages such as Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam. These languages share structural similarities and historical linguistic connections.
The languages closest to Burmese have various names, but here is the list using one set of names:ArakaneseTavoyan dialectsAchangLhao VoLashiZaiwa
The closest language to French is generally considered to be the other Romance languages, which include Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian. These languages share common Latin roots and have similarities in vocabulary and grammar.
Italian is considered the closest language to French, both linguistically and geographically, due to their shared Latin roots and historical interaction. The two languages also share similarities in vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation.
The following languages are related to Russian:UkrainianBelarusianBulgarianPolishCzechSlovakSerbianCroatianBosnianSlovenianMontenegrinMacedonian
The closest language to German is Dutch. Both languages are part of the West Germanic language family and share similarities in vocabulary, grammar, and syntax.
The closest language to Russian is probably either Ukranian, Belarus, Bulgarian, or Serbian. Ukrainian, Belarussian, and Rusyn (arguably a dialect) are the closest languages, linguistically speaking, to Russian. They are East Slavic languages. Other Slavic languages are Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Bosnian.
The closest languages to Algonquin are other members of the Algonquian language family, particularly Ojibwe and Ottawa. These languages share significant linguistic features and vocabulary due to their common ancestral roots. Additionally, the broader Algonquian family includes languages like Cree and Blackfoot, which have similar structural characteristics. However, Algonquin itself is most closely related to the languages spoken by neighboring Indigenous groups in the region.
No, but the Germanic language might be the closest.
The closest widely known language to Hungarian is Finnish, but still they are very far from each other nowadays. There more closely related languages to Hungarian (from the Ugric branch of Finno-Ugric languages, Finnish is in the Finno-[Permic] branch, of course), but those languages are highly unknown for most people also those languages are spoken by only a smaller group of people (at least compared to Hungarian and Finnish which means millions). Anyway, more closely related languages of Hungarian includes (for example): Mansi and Khanty.