# tree model

> model of the evolution of languages analogous to the concept of a family tree, particularly a phylogenetic tree in the biological evolution of species; model in which each language is assumed to have evolved from a single parent language

**Wikidata**: [Q870433](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q870433)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_model)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/tree-model


## References

1. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
3. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)