language family

noun

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

Meanings

nounlanguage family (plural language families)

plural language families

  1. human sciencesA set of languages which have evolved from a common ancestor.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Translations

Arabic عائلة اللغات
  • عائلة اللغاتset of languages
Basque hizkuntza familia
  • hizkuntza familiaset of languages
Catalan família lingüística
  • família lingüísticaset of languages
Chinese Mandarin 語系 /语系
  • 語系 /语系 (yǔxì)set of languages
Czech jazyková rodina
  • jazyková rodinaset of languages
Danish sprogfamilie
  • sprogfamilieset of languages
Dutch taalfamilie
  • taalfamilieset of languages
Esperanto lingvaro, lingva familio
  • lingvaroset of languages
  • lingva familioset of languages
Estonian keelkond
  • keelkondset of languages
Finnish kielikunta
  • kielikuntaset of languages
French famille de langues
  • famille de languesset of languages
German Sprachfamilie
  • Sprachfamilieset of languages
Greek γλωσσική οικογένεια
  • γλωσσική οικογένεια (glossikí oikogéneia)set of languages
Hebrew השפה המשפחה
  • השפה המשפחהset of languages
Hindi भाषा-परिवार
  • भाषा-परिवार (bhāṣā-parivār)set of languages
Hungarian nyelvcsalád
  • nyelvcsaládset of languages
Irish fine teangacha
  • fine teangachaset of languages
Italian famiglia linguistica
  • famiglia linguisticaset of languages
Japanese 語族
  • 語族 (gozoku)set of languages
Korean 어족
  • 어족 (eojok)set of languages
Norwegian Bokmål språkfamilie
  • språkfamilieset of languages
Polish rodzina językowa
  • rodzina językowaset of languages
Portuguese família linguística
  • família linguísticaset of languages
Romanian familie lingvistică, familie de limbi
  • familie lingvisticăset of languages
  • familie de limbiset of languages
Russian языкова́я семья́
  • языкова́я семья́ (jazykovája semʹjá)set of languages
Spanish familia lingüística
  • familia lingüísticaset of languages
Thai ตระกูลของภาษา, ตระกูลภาษา
  • ตระกูลของภาษา (dtrà-guun kɔ̌ɔng paa-sǎa)set of languages
  • ตระกูลภาษา (dtrà-guun-paa-sǎa)set of languages
Turkish dil ailesi
  • dil ailesiset of languages
Vietnamese ngữ hệ, hệ ngôn ngữ
  • ngữ hệset of languages
  • hệ ngôn ngữset of languages
Welsh teulu ieithyddol
  • teulu ieithyddolset of languages
Cite this entry
APA

language family. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/language%20family

MLA

“language family.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/language%20family. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “language family,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/language%20family.

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