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Sigma KEE - LanguageFamily
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language family
A LanguageFamily is group of SpokenHumanLanguages related through descent from a common ancestral language. (reference from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_family)
Relationships      
Parents natural language The subclass of HumanLanguages which are not designed and which evolve from generation to generation. This Class includes all of the national languages, e.g. English, Spanish, Japanese, etc. Note that this class includes dialects of natural languages.
Children hmong mien languageA HmongMienLanguage is any one of 32 languages forming a distinct family of languages unrelated to others. These languages are found in Southeast Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 indo european languageThere are 433 languages categorized as an IndoEuropeanLanguage, forming a major family of the world's languages and including many of the most familiar languages of Europe and South Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 iroquoian languageAn IroquoianLanguage is any of 10 related languages found in NorthAmerica that form a family of languages apparently unrelated to others.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 sino tibetan languageA SinoTibetanLanguage is any one of 365 related languages forming a distinct family of languages that are unrelated to any others.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)


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