語ご族ぞく

noun

language family; family of languages

Linguistics term for a group of languages descended from a common ancestor.

• 日本にほん語ごはどの語ご族ぞくに属ぞくしますか。

  Which language family does Japanese belong to?

• インド・ヨーロッパ語ご族ぞくは多おおくの言げん語ごを含ふくんでいる。

  The Indo-European language family includes many languages.