লক্ষ্য করুন: এই এন্ট্রির অনুবাদ বর্তমানে মান পর্যালোচনার অধীনে রয়েছে, তাই কিছু বিষয়বস্তু সাময়িকভাবে শুধুমাত্র ইংরেজিতে প্রদর্শিত হচ্ছে।
এই এন্ট্রিটি এখনও আপনার ভাষায় অনুবাদ করা হয়নি, তাই নিচে মূল লেখাটি দেখানো হচ্ছে।
language family
This term is a technical classification used in linguistics to categorize languages based on shared genetic ancestry. It implies a biological metaphor of descent, where a single "proto-language" evolves into various daughter languages over millennia. It is distinct from a "language group" or "branch," which refers to a smaller, more closely related subset within a larger family.
In academic and formal contexts, the term is used to describe the broadest possible grouping of related tongues. Because it describes a specific taxonomic category, it is almost always used in a literal, scientific sense rather than a metaphorical one.
Meanings
Examples
English and German belong to the same language family.
Which language family does Vietnamese belong to?
Which language family does Vietnamese belong to?
The professor explained how a single language family can split into dozens of distinct tongues over millennia.
The professor explained how a single language family can split into dozens of distinct tongues over millennia.
I wonder if these two ancient scripts belong to the same language family.
The Indo European language family is one of the most widely spoken in the world.
It is fascinating to trace the evolution of a language family back to its proto language.
They are not from the same language family, so the grammar is completely different.
The researcher spent years mapping the branches of this obscure language family.