language family
group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor
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Summary
language family is a languoid class[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of languoid class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,736 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: Q140353512[3]
- Subclass of: languoid[4], language group[5], Q140353528[6]
- Part of: genetic classification[7], macrofamily[8]
- Commons category: Languages by family[9]
- Has part(s): language subfamily[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Language families[11]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12], Soziolinguistika Hiztegia[13]
- Topic has template: Template:Language families[14]
- Different from: sprachbund[15]
- Properties for this type: P1468[16], P1798[17], P1394[18], P646[19]
- Has list: list of language families[20]
- Studied by: linguistics[21], sociolinguistics[22]
- Exact match: https://ontology.londisizwe.org/mola#LanguageFamily[23]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24]
- P14541: 15Pv42[25], 2t03jF[26]
Why It Matters
language family has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 104 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]