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language family

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A set of languages which have evolved from a common ancestor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عائلة اللغات — set of languages
  • Armenian: լեզվաընտանիք (lezvaəntanikʻ) — set of languages
  • Basque: hizkuntza familia — set of languages
  • Burmese: ဘာသာစကားမိသားစု (bhasaca.ka:mi.sa:cu.) — set of languages
  • Catalan: família lingüística — set of languages
  • Chinese Mandarin: 語系 /语系 (yǔxì) — set of languages
  • Czech: jazyková rodina — set of languages
  • Danish: sprogfamilie — set of languages
  • Dutch: taalfamilie — set of languages
  • Esperanto: lingvaro — set of languages
  • Esperanto: lingva familio — set of languages
  • Estonian: keelkond — set of languages
  • Faroese: málætt — set of languages
  • Finnish: kielikunta — set of languages
  • French: famille de langues — set of languages
  • Galician: familia lingüística — set of languages
  • Georgian: ენათა ოჯახი (enata oǯaxi) — set of languages
  • German: Sprachfamilie — set of languages
  • Greek: γλωσσική οικογένεια (glossikí oikogéneia) — set of languages
  • Hebrew: השפה המשפחה — set of languages
  • Hindi: भाषा-परिवार (bhāṣā-parivār) — set of languages
  • Hungarian: nyelvcsalád — set of languages
  • Inuktitut: ᐃᓚᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᑎᒌᑦ (ilaqaticiit oqaosiqaticiit) — set of languages
  • Irish: fine teangacha — set of languages
  • Italian: famiglia linguistica — set of languages
  • Japanese: 語族 (gozoku) — set of languages
  • Kazakh: тіл ұясы (tıl ūäsy) — set of languages
  • Khmer: អំបូរភាសា (ɑmboo phiesaa) — set of languages
  • Korean: 어족 (eojok) — set of languages
  • Northern Kurdish: zimanmalbat — set of languages
  • Marathi: भाषाकुळ (bhāṣākuḷ) — set of languages
  • Norwegian Bokmål: språkfamilie — set of languages
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: språkfamilie — set of languages
  • Polish: rodzina językowa — set of languages
  • Portuguese: família linguística — set of languages
  • Romanian: familie lingvistică — set of languages
  • Romanian: familie de limbi — set of languages
  • Russian: языкова́я семья́ (jazykovája semʹjá) — set of languages
  • Spanish: familia lingüística — set of languages
  • Thai: ตระกูลของภาษา (dtrà-guun kɔ̌ɔng paa-sǎa) — set of languages
  • Thai: ตระกูลภาษา (dtrà-guun-paa-sǎa) — set of languages
  • Tibetan: སྐད་རིགས་ཁྱིམ་ཚང (skad rigs khyim tshang) — set of languages
  • Turkish: dil ailesi — set of languages
  • Vietnamese: ngữ hệ — set of languages
  • Vietnamese: hệ ngôn ngữ — set of languages
  • Welsh: teulu ieithyddol — set of languages