ngữ tộc
Definition
- Noun:
- Language family: A major group of related languages that share a common ancestral origin. It is a key classification level in historical linguistics, above "language branch" and below "phylum" or "stock."
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Tiếng Việt thuộc ngữ tộc Nam Á. (Vietnamese belongs to the Austroasiatic language family.)
- Các nhà ngôn ngữ học nghiên cứu lịch sử của một ngữ tộc. (Linguists study the history of a language family.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is used in academic and linguistic contexts to discuss genetic relationships between languages, such as reconstruction of proto-languages.
Variants and Related Words
Họ ngôn ngữ: This is a more common, fully Vietnamese term synonymous with "ngữ tộc."
- Họ ngôn ngữ Ấn-Âu rất rộng lớn. (The Indo-European language family is very extensive.)
Nhánh ngôn ngữ (n): language branch. A subdivision within a language family.
- Nhánh German là một phần của ngữ tộc Ấn-Âu. (The Germanic branch is part of the Indo-European language family.)
Synonyms
- Language family: The direct English equivalent.
- Linguistic family: A less common synonym.
Related Concepts
- Ngôn ngữ học lịch sử (n): historical linguistics. The field that studies language families.
- Ngôn ngữ cùng nguồn gốc (n): cognate languages. Languages within the same family that share a common ancestor.