語族

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See also: 语族

Chinese

speech; language; dialect
speech; language; dialect; tell to
 
race; nationality; ethnicity
race; nationality; ethnicity; clan
 
trad. (語族)
simp. (语族)
anagram 族語族语
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Pronunciation


Noun

語族

  1. (linguistics) a rank in linguistic taxonomy which is one level below family; language branch
    斯拉夫語族斯拉夫语族  ―  sīlāfū yǔzú  ―  Slavic languages
    閃米特語族闪米特语族  ―  shǎnmǐtè yǔzú  ―  Semitic languages

Derived terms

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
ぞく
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

()(ぞく) (gozoku

  1. language family

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

語族 (eojok) (hangeul 어족)

  1. Hanja form? of 어족 (language family).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

語族

  1. chữ Hán form of ngữ tộc (second-level language family, a language branch).