Language-family Definition

noun

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

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Other Word Forms of Language-family

Noun

Singular:
language-family
Plural:
language-families

Language-family Sentence Examples

  • Like modern German which comes from the same Germanic language family Old English is highly inflected.

  • It is shown that in this language family derived voice, i.e. passivization, in fact functions in the domain of discourse pragmatics.

  • It is classified within the Northern Branch of the West Atlantic subfamily of the Niger-Congo language family.

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Words Starting With

LLALAN

Words Ending With

YLYILY

Unscrambles

language-family

Words Starting With L and Ending With Y

Starts With L & Ends With YStarts With LA & Ends With YStarts With L & Ends With LY

Word Length

15 Letter Words15 Letter Words Starting With L15 Letter Words Ending With Y