language family

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

Japanese Meaning

（言語学）共通の祖先言語から発展した言語群、すなわち語族を指す。

Linguists traced the evolution of the language family to a single ancestral tongue.

言語学者たちはその語族の進化を一つの祖先言語にさかのぼってたどった。

Sense（1）

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

language families

（ plural ）