Family - Revision history

Kirk Miller: /* Comments */

2021-01-05T03:57:56Z

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Kirk Miller at 03:54, 5 January 2021

2021-01-05T03:54:53Z

Kirk Miller: /* See also */ another, + spelling

2019-03-05T10:23:42Z

NBlöcher: /* Related terms */ Rearranged the order of the key terms (now alphabetical)

2014-06-01T09:11:30Z

Related terms: Rearranged the order of the key terms (now alphabetical)

Linguipedia: New page: A '''family''' of languages (or language family) is a group of languages that have developed from a common ancestor. ===Comments=== Some linguists have tried to establish separate...

2007-07-11T17:42:39Z

New page: A '''family''' of languages (or language family) is a group of languages that have developed from a common ancestor. ===Comments=== Some linguists have tried to establish separate...

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A '''family''' of languages (or [[language family]]) is a group of languages that have developed from a common [[ancestor]].

===Comments===
Some linguists have tried to establish separate terms for larger and smaller groups of languages, or for groups with greater and shallower time-depth. None of these are as universally accepted and used as family. Here are some of them:
*[[stock]], [[super-stock]]
*[[phylum]]
*[[genus]]

===Origin===
This term was apparently adopted by linguists from biology, where a group of similar plants had been called family since the mid-18th century, if not earlier. The term is deeply entrenched in linguistics since at least the mid-19th century.

===Related terms===
*[[subgroup]]
*[[genealogical classification]]
*[[daughter language]]
*[[ancestor language]]
*[[sister language]]

===Other languages===
German [[Sprachfamilie]]

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-A '''family''' of languages (or [[language family]]) is a group of languages that have developed from a common [[ancestor]].
+A '''family''' of languages (a '''language family''') is a group of languages that developed from a common historical [[ancestor]].
 ===Comments===
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 *[[genus]]
-===Origin===
+===Origin of the term===
 This term was apparently adopted by linguists from biology, where a group of similar plants had been called family since the mid-18th century, if not earlier. The term is deeply entrenched in linguistics since at least the mid-19th century.
 ===See also===
 *[[Daughter Language]]
 *[[Genealogical Classification]]
 *[[Sister Language]]
 ===Other languages===

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 *[[Daughter Language]]
 *[[Genealogical Classification]]
-*[[Language Familiy]]
+*[[Language Family]]
 *[[Sister Language]]
 *[[Subgroup]]

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 ===Comments===
-Some linguists have tried to establish separate terms for larger and smaller groups of languages, or for groups with greater and shallower time-depth. None of these are as universally accepted and used as family. Here are some of them:
+Some linguists have tried to establish separate terms for families with greater and shallower time-depth, or of different subdivisions within a family. Here are some of them:
 *[[stock]], [[super-stock]]
 *[[phylum]]
 *[[genus]]
 ===Origin of the term===

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 This term was apparently adopted by linguists from biology, where a group of similar plants had been called family since the mid-18th century, if not earlier. The term is deeply entrenched in linguistics since at least the mid-19th century.
-===Related terms===
+===See also===
-*[[subgroup]]
+*[[Ancestor Language]]
-*[[genealogical classification]]
+*[[Daughter Language]]
-*[[daughter language]]
+*[[Genealogical Classification]]
-*[[ancestor language]]
+*[[Language Familiy]]
-*[[sister language]]
+*[[Sister Language]]
 ===Other languages===