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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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Linguistics - Language classification |url=https://www.britannica.com/science/linguistics/Language-classification |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |accessdate=19 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> | 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Linguistics - Language classification |url=https://www.britannica.com/science/linguistics/Language-classification |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |accessdate=19 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
==Genealogical (or genetic) classification== | ==Genealogical (or genetic) classification== | ||
Languages are grouped by [[Synchrony and diachrony|diachronic]] relatedness into [[Language family|language families]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Language Typology: Analytic versus Synthetic Languages |url=http://www.ello.uos.de/field.php/Morphology/AnalyticVersusSynthetic |website=ELLO (English Language and Linguistics Online) |accessdate=19 September 2020}}</ref> 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. | Languages are grouped by [[Synchrony and diachrony|diachronic]] relatedness into [[Language family|language families]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Language Typology: Analytic versus Synthetic Languages |url=http://www.ello.uos.de/field.php/Morphology/AnalyticVersusSynthetic |website=ELLO (English Language and Linguistics Online) |accessdate=19 September 2020 |archive-date=23 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923142146/http://www.ello.uos.de/field.php/Morphology/AnalyticVersusSynthetic |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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== | ==Typological classification== | ||
Latest revision as of 22:10, 6 December 2025
Template:Short description 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
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
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