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Meanings of linguistic family 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 family in English
      1
      The Ahom language is the oldest member of the Tai branch of the Siamese-Chinese linguistic family of which we have any record.
      The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
      2
      The Kra-Dai linguistic family includes Thai and Lao as well as a great number of languages spoken by ethnic minorities in Southeast Asia.
      Pubmed
      3
      On the Pacific side of the continent not one of the forty linguistic families made pottery.
      The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
      4
      The Maya Linguistic Family.
      The Maya Chronicles / Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American L...
      5
      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
      6
      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