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language family

language family noun: a set of languages which have evolved from a common ancestor.

Noun

language family (plural language families)

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

language family meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Arabic and Thai

language family in Hindi

set of languages
भाषा-परिवार bhāṣā-parivār

language family in Marathi

set of languages
भाषाकुळ bhāṣākuḷ

language family in Arabic

set of languages
عائلة اللغات

language family in Thai

set of languages
ตระกูลของภาษา dtrà-guun kɔ̌ɔng paa-sǎa, ตระกูลภาษา dtrà-guun-paa-sǎa
More languagesFewer languages
language family in Vietnamese
ngữ hệ, hệ ngôn ngữ
language family in Myanmar
ဘာသာစကားမိသားစု bhasaca.ka:mi.sa:cu.

Forms of language family

plurallanguage families

Questions about language family

What does language family mean?
Language family means a set of languages which have evolved from a common ancestor.
What is language family in Hindi?
Language family in Hindi is भाषा-परिवार (bhāṣā-parivār). See Language family meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is language family?
Language family is a noun.
What is the plural of language family?
The plural of language family is language families.

Words near language family in the dictionary

  1. language exchange
  2. language exchanges
  3. language extinction
  4. language extinctions
  5. language families
  6. language family
  7. language game
  8. language games
  9. language island
  10. language islands
  11. language isolate

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