language family subgroup
C4276
concept
A language family subgroup is a set of closely related languages within a larger language family that share a more recent common ancestor and distinctive linguistic features.
All labels observed (30)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| language subgroup | 273 |
| language family branch | 47 |
| proposed language subgroup | 21 |
| language family subgroup canonical | 19 |
| Oceanic languages subgroup | 11 |
| Oceanic language subgroup | 10 |
| subgroup of languages | 10 |
| linguistic subgroup | 8 |
| branch of Niger-Congo languages | 3 |
| Atlantic languages subgroup | 2 |
| Dravidian languages subgroup | 2 |
| Gur languages subgroup | 2 |
| Sami language subgroup | 2 |
| subfamily of languages | 2 |
| Aru languages subgroup | 1 |
| Dravidian subgroup | 1 |
| Italic language subgroup | 1 |
| Italic languages subgroup | 1 |
| Micronesian languages subgroup | 1 |
| Romance language subgroup | 1 |
| Semitic language subgroup | 1 |
| Uralic languages subgroup | 1 |
| hypothetical language family branch | 1 |
| indigenous language family subgroup | 1 |
| language subbranch | 1 |
| subgroup of Dravidian languages | 1 |
| subgroup of Polynesian languages | 1 |
| subgroup of Romance languages | 1 |
| subgroup of Sami languages | 1 |
| subgroup of language family | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: language family subgroup
Generated description
A language family subgroup is a set of closely related languages within a larger language family that share a more recent common ancestor and distinctive linguistic features.
Instances (406)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Omagua–Cocama subgroup | language subgroup |
| Arikem | — |
| Munduruku language subgroup | language subgroup |
| Kipchak-Cuman | language subgroup |
| Bali-Sasak-Sumbawa languages | language subgroup |
| Otomian | subgroup of language family |
| Core Mayan | — |
| Duna–Pogaya languages | language subgroup |
| Chʼolan–Tseltalan languages | language family branch |
| Qʼanjobʼalan branch | language subgroup |
| Torres–Banks language group | Oceanic languages subgroup |
| Bak languages | Atlantic languages subgroup |
| Central-Eastern Oceanic | language subgroup |
| Ring languages | language subgroup |
| Momo languages | language subgroup |
| Mbam–Nkam languages | language subgroup |
| Nun languages | language subgroup |
| Southwest Palauan languages subgroup | language subgroup |
| Nunusaku languages | language subgroup |
| Philippine–Cordilleran | proposed language subgroup |
| Vietnamese–Mường subgroup | language subgroup |
| Maleng–Phong subgroup | language subgroup |
| Nuclear Southern Oceanic | language subgroup |
| Central-Eastern Malakula languages | language subgroup |
| Kwa | language family branch |
| Northern Songhay | language subgroup |
| Upper Orinoco subgroup of Arawakan | language subgroup |
| North Guang | language subgroup |
| Nalik–Notsi subgroup | language subgroup |
| Western Bismarck | language subgroup |
| Huon Gulf subgroup of Western Oceanic | language subgroup |
| Papua New Guinea Oceanic languages | language subgroup |
| Nguna–Tongoa languages | Oceanic languages subgroup |
| Volta–Niger | language family branch |
| Kilivila–Misima languages | language subgroup |
| Marquesic subgroup | Oceanic language subgroup |
| Southern Melanesian languages | language subgroup |
| Southwest Pama languages | language subgroup |
| Aztecan languages | language subgroup |
| Sumba–Flores languages | language subgroup |
| Gorontalo–Mongondow | language subgroup |
| Madhya zone | linguistic subgroup |
| Tamanic | language subgroup |
| Kove–Mangseng languages | language subgroup |
| Solomonic languages | language subgroup |
| Pama languages | language subgroup |
| Insular Indo-Aryan languages | language family branch |
| Northern Maipurean | language subgroup |
| Nyungic languages | language subgroup |
| Bobo–Bozo languages | language subgroup |