Languages are classifies into 18 families. Each has developed from a common ancestral proto-language. Larger families are divided into subfamilies. Compare areal linguistics; linguistic typology. See comparative linguistics; synchronic linguistics.
Languages are classifies into 18 families. Each has developed from a common ancestral proto-language. Larger families are divided into subfamilies. Compare areal linguistics; linguistic typology. See comparative linguistics; synchronic linguistics.