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Language Family

Description:

A language family is a group of languages that share a common origin or descent from a common ancestral language.

Senses:

1. Group of related languages
2. Classification of languages based on similarities

Usages:

• Popular: When studying linguistics, it is important to understand the different language families and the relationships between them.
• Local: In my region, the local indigenous language belongs to the Algonquian language family.

Sample Sentences:

Sense 1: The Indo-European language family includes languages such as English, Spanish, and Hindi.

Sense 2: Linguists use language families to compare phonetic systems and grammatical structures between different languages.

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