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Language family — See also: List of language families A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor, called the proto language of that family. The term family comes from the tree model of language origination in… … Wikipedia
language family — group of languages that share a common origin … English contemporary dictionary
Konkani language family — The Konkani language family is a group of languages that are spoken in the Konkan region of India. These languages have either common origins in the Konkan region or are spoken in the region.Konkani languages form part of the Southern Zone of the … Wikipedia
Tamil language family — is a group of Dravidian languages closely related to Tamil language, which includes the Irula, Kaikadi, Betta Kurumba, Sholaga, and Yerukula languages. This group is a subgroup of the Tamil Malayalam languages, which falls under a subgroup of the … Wikipedia
Athabaskan language family — Athabaskan also spelled Athabascan , or (in Canada) Athapaskan , or Athapascan one of the largest North American Indian language (North American Indian languages) families, consisting of about 38 languages. Speakers of Athabaskan… … Universalium
List of non-English language Family Guy voice actors — This is a list of international voice actors on the animated series Family Guy. Contents 1 Spanish 2 French 2.1 France 2.2 Canada … Wikipedia
Language families (Ethnologue) — Language families are groups of languages that share common features. The study of languages and their relationships is an area of active research. New relationships are constantly being proposed, with varying levels of evidence. Old theories are … Wikipedia
language — /lang gwij/, n. 1. a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French… … Universalium
Language isolate — A language isolate, in the absolute sense, is a natural language with no demonstrable genealogical (or genetic ) relationship with other living languages; that is, one that has not been demonstrated to descend from an ancestor common to any other … Wikipedia
Language — This article is about the properties of language in general. For other uses, see Language (disambiguation). Cuneiform is one of the first known forms of written language, but spoken language is believed to predate writing by tens of thousands of… … Wikipedia
