languageFamily

P1047
predicate

Indicates that two or more languages belong to the same genealogical language family or linguistic lineage.

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All labels observed (35)

Label Occurrences
languageFamily canonical 16,351
hasLanguageFamily 926
partOfLanguageFamily 124

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: languageFamily
Generated description
Indicates that two or more languages belong to the same genealogical language family or linguistic lineage.

Sample triples (17,824)

Subject Object
Samoans Polynesian languages ⓘ
Chicano English Indo-European languages ⓘ
Western American English Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
Ancrene Wisse West Midlands Middle English dialect ⓘ
Great Vowel Shift (late phase) Germanic languages ⓘ
Fulani Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Fulani Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Lepontic language Celtic languages ⓘ
Sudanese Arabic Afro-Asiatic languages ⓘ
Gurians Kartvelian languages via predicate surface "ethnicLanguageFamily" ⓘ
Mesopotamian Arabic Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Mesopotamian Arabic Semitic languages ⓘ
northern India
surface form: Northern India
Indo-Aryan languages via predicate surface "majorLanguageFamily" ⓘ
West Slavs Slavic languages ⓘ
West Slavs Indo-European languages ⓘ
Cuba Romance languages via predicate surface "nationalLanguageFamily" ⓘ
Maricopa people Yuman language family ⓘ
surface form: Yuman languages
Andalusian Spanish Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
Andalusian Spanish Romance languages ⓘ
Andalusian Spanish Ibero-Romance languages ⓘ
surface form: Western Romance languages
Andalusian Spanish Ibero-Romance languages ⓘ
Ngäbere Chibchan languages ⓘ
Waray language Austronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Austronesian
Waray language Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Malayo-Polynesian
Waray language Philippine subgroup ⓘ
Waray language Central Philippine languages ⓘ
Laos Tai–Kadai languages via predicate surface "nationalLanguageFamily" ⓘ
Mahican Algonquian languages ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Algonquian languages
Mahican
surface form: Mahican language
Algonquian languages ⓘ
Indo-Europeans Indo-European languages via predicate surface "spokeLanguageFamily" ⓘ
Bikol language Austronesian languages ⓘ
Paracas culture likely related to early Quechuan or Aymaran languages (hypothesized) ⓘ
Old Dutch Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
Old Dutch Germanic languages ⓘ
Old Dutch West Germanic languages ⓘ
West Africa Niger–Congo languages via predicate surface "hasLanguageFamily" ⓘ
West Africa Afroasiatic languages via predicate surface "hasLanguageFamily" ⓘ
West Africa Nilo-Saharan languages via predicate surface "hasLanguageFamily" ⓘ
Aleut Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
surface form: Eskimo–Aleut language family
Kuna
surface form: Kuna language
Chibchan ⓘ
Maricopa language Yuman language family ⓘ
Hualapai people
surface form: Hualapai language
Upland Yuman ⓘ
Hualapai people
surface form: Hualapai language
Yuman–Cochimí languages ⓘ
Colombian Spanish Romance languages ⓘ
Gwich’in Na-Dene ⓘ
surface form: Athabaskan languages
Gwich’in Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
Emberá Chocoan via predicate surface "belongsToLanguageFamily" ⓘ
Emberá Chocoan languages ⓘ
South Picene alphabet Sabellian languages via predicate surface "languageFamilyOfTexts" ⓘ
Belarus Slavic languages via predicate surface "nationalLanguageFamily" ⓘ