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This article is a list of language families. This list only includes primary language families that are accepted by the current academic consensus in the field of linguistics; for language families that are not accepted by the current academic consensus in the field of linguistics, see the article "List of proposed language families".
A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor, called the proto-language of that family. The term family is a metaphor borrowed from biology, with the tree model used in historical linguistics analogous to a family tree, or to phylogenetic trees of taxa used in evolutionary taxonomy.
22 lip 2020 · Our All in the Language Family series goes into detail on how these families work. The Indo-European Language Family — One of the largest language families in the world, comprising hundreds of languages including those in the Germanic, Romance, Baltic and Slavic language families.
15 paź 2023 · Learn about the 14 major language families, their origins and evolution, and the ancestry of historical and modern languages from around the world.
1 paź 2024 · Explore the world's major human language families and their locations on this interactive map. See the number of languages, speakers, and locations for each family, as well as a table with more details.
15 wrz 2023 · A language family is a collection of languages that have descended from a common ancestral language, known as proto-language. A proto-language is a hypothetical reconstruction of the original form of a language, based on historical and comparative evidence.
19 paź 2023 · A language family is a group of different languages that all descend from a particular common language. The one language that generated those other languages in its family is known as a protolanguage. Some languages do not come from a protolanguage.
