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Meanings of linguistic families in English

Russian
генетическая классификация языков
Portuguese
família de línguas
Spanish
familias de lenguas
Catalan
arbre genealògic de les llengües

Group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor.

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генетическая классификация языков
Usage of linguistic families in English
1
On the Pacific side of the continent not one of the forty linguistic families made pottery.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
2
The writer of this review had confidently expected an authoritative large-scale map showing the distribution of linguistic families, dialects, and tribes.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920
3
Attention is frequently called to the large number of linguistic families in America, nearly 100 having been named, embracing over 1000 languages and dialects.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28