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.
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. ==Genealogical (or genetic) classification== Languages are grouped by diachronic relatedness into language families. In other words, languages are grouped based on how they developed and evolved throughout history, with languages which descended from a common ancestor being grouped into the same language family. ==Typological classification== Languages are grouped by their structural and functional features.
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