Language classification
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In linguistics, language classification is the grouping of related languages into the same category. There are two main kinds of language classification: genealogical and typological classification.[1]
Genealogical (or genetic) classification[edit]
Languages are grouped by diachronic relatedness into language families.[2] In other words, languages are grouped based on how they were developed and evolved throughout history, with languages which descended from a common ancestor being grouped into the same language family.
Typological classification[edit]
Languages are grouped by their structural and functional features.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Linguistics - Language classification". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Language Typology: Analytic versus Synthetic Languages". ELLO (English Language and Linguistics Online). Retrieved 19 September 2020.
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