language family

A language family is a group of languages that have evolved from a common ancestral language and share systematic similarities in vocabulary, grammar, and sound patterns.

Observed surface forms (31)

• language group ×33
• indigenous language family ×10
• Iranian language ×9
• branch of Indo-European languages ×9
• Italic language ×8
• language branch ×8
• dialect group ×7
• proposed language family ×7
• Eskimo–Aleut language ×6
• group of languages ×6

• Nguni language ×4
• hypothetical language family ×4
• Jivaroan language ×3
• extinct language family ×3
• indigenous languages ×3
• African languages ×2
• Arabic dialect group ×2
• historical language group ×2
• language family grouping ×2
• linguistic group ×2
• Afroasiatic languages ×1
• Indigenous language family ×1
• Japonic language ×1
• Na-Dene language ×1
• Semitic languages subgroup ×1
• South Caucasian language family ×1
• controversial linguistic hypothesis ×1
• endangered language family ×1
• language grouping ×1
• language phylum ×1
• proposed language macrofamily ×1

Instances (189)

• Zulu via concept surface "Nguni language"
• Altaic languages (proposed) via concept surface "hypothetical language family"
• Xhosa via concept surface "Nguni language"
• Caribbean Spanish via concept surface "dialect group"
• Hokan languages via concept surface "proposed language macrofamily"
• Afroasiatic languages
• Yemeni Arabic via concept surface "Arabic dialect group"
• Semitic languages
• South Picene via concept surface "Italic language"
• Balochi via concept surface "Iranian language"
• Osco-Umbrian languages via concept surface "extinct language family"
• Dravidian languages
• Finnic languages via concept surface "language group"
• Slavic languages
• Proto-Italic via concept surface "Italic language"
• Yuman–Cochimí languages
• Eskimo–Aleut languages
• Nicobarese via concept surface "language group"
• Uto-Aztecan
• Coast Salish peoples via concept surface "linguistic group"
• Utian languages
• Miwok languages
• Penutian languages via concept surface "proposed language family"
• Rhenish Franconian via concept surface "dialect group"
• Iranian languages via concept surface "branch of Indo-European languages"
• Celtic languages via concept surface "branch of Indo-European languages"
• Ibero-Romance languages via concept surface "language group"
• Ossetian language via concept surface "Iranian language"
• Yuman language family
• Southwestern Iranian languages via concept surface "language group"
• Balto-Slavic languages via concept surface "branch of Indo-European languages"
• North American English via concept surface "dialect group"
• Inupiaq via concept surface "Eskimo–Aleut language"
• Sino-Tibetan languages
• Japonic languages
• Bantu languages
• Southern Bantu via concept surface "language group"
• Old Persian via concept surface "Iranian language"
• Italic languages via concept surface "branch of Indo-European languages"
• Ryukyuan languages
• Philippine–Cordilleran languages
• Formosan languages via concept surface "group of languages"
• Mangarevan language group via concept surface "language group"
• Tokelauan language group via concept surface "language group"
• Tongan language group via concept surface "language group"
• Gilbertese language group
• Marshallese language group via concept surface "language group"
• Kurdish language via concept surface "Iranian language"
• Polynesian languages
• Norse via concept surface "historical language group"