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)

• Maban languages
• Nilo-Saharian
• Nilo-Saharian phylum via concept surface "proposed language family"
  surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
• Koman languages
• Central Sudanic languages
• Gumuz languages
• Eastern Sudanic languages
• Prakrit via concept surface "group of languages"
• Taman languages
• Na-Dene
• Khoe languages
• Aboriginal languages via concept surface "language family grouping"
• Gur languages
• Australasian English via concept surface "dialect group"
• Mande languages
• Benue–Congo languages
• Adamawa–Ubangi languages
• Indo-European language family
• Chinese language
• Indigenous languages of Canada via concept surface "language family grouping"
• Siouan languages
• Swati via concept surface "Nguni language"
• Iroquoian languages
• Latin via concept surface "Italic language"
• Algic languages
• Muskogean languages
• Germanic languages
• Anatolian languages via concept surface "branch of Indo-European languages"
• Mongolic languages
• Tungusic languages
• Philippine languages via concept surface "language branch"
• Oscan language via concept surface "Italic language"
• Modern South Arabian languages
• Maghrebi Arabic via concept surface "Arabic dialect group"
• Nuristani languages
• South Semitic languages via concept surface "language group"
• South Picene language via concept surface "Italic language"
• Northern Athabaskan languages via concept surface "language group"
• Chocoan languages
• Kartvelian languages
• West Slavic languages via concept surface "language group"
• Costanoan languages
• Central Bavarian via concept surface "dialect group"
• Yuman
• Coahuiltecan languages via concept surface "language group"
• Permic languages via concept surface "language group"
• Utian via concept surface "proposed language family"
• Ohlone languages
• Hellenic languages
• Yokutsan languages