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.

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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
Anta	linguistic subgroup
Wa–Blang–Lawa subgroup	language subgroup
Central Aslian languages	language subgroup
Southern Aslian languages	language subgroup
Bole–Angas group	language subgroup
Taracahitic	proposed language subgroup
Corachol	subfamily of languages
Popolocan language surface form: Popolocan languages	language subgroup
Central Aramaic	language subgroup
South Ethiopic	language subgroup
Tamangic	language subgroup
Mixtecan	language family branch
Northern Uto-Aztecan	language family branch
Kota–Toda	language subgroup
South Cushitic	language subgroup
Omo-Tana	language subbranch
Highland East Cushitic	language subgroup
Eastern MP languages	language subgroup
Chadic languages	language family branch
Southern Uto-Aztecan	language family branch
Nuer-Dinka branch	language subgroup
Maban–Masalit group	proposed language subgroup
Maban branch of Nilo-Saharan	language family branch
Surma languages	language family branch
Heiban languages	language family branch
Surmic branch of Nilo-Saharan	language family branch
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages	language subgroup
Gondi–Kui languages	language family branch
Parji–Gadaba languages	Dravidian languages subgroup
Arikém languages	language family branch
Navajo-Apachean	language subgroup
Ramarama languages	language subgroup
Eastern Southern Athabaskan languages	language subgroup
Central Tai languages	language subgroup
Bongo–Baka languages	language subgroup
Bongo–Bagirmi branch	language family branch
Eastern Romance	language subgroup
North Dravidian languages	Dravidian languages subgroup
Lakkia–Biao branch	subgroup of languages
Lakkia–Biao subgroup	language subgroup
Central Gur	language subgroup
Gurunsi languages	Gur languages subgroup
Oti–Volta languages	language family branch
Oti–Volta	language family branch
Mumuye–Yendang branch of Niger-Congo	language subgroup
ǃKwi languages	language subgroup
Edoid	language subgroup
Southern Atlantic languages	language subgroup
Italo‑Western Romance	linguistic subgroup
Lower Cross	subgroup of languages