languageFamily

P1047
predicate

Indicates that two or more languages belong to the same genealogical language family or linguistic lineage.

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All labels observed (35)

Label Occurrences
languageFamily canonical 16,351
hasLanguageFamily 926
partOfLanguageFamily 124

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: languageFamily
Generated description
Indicates that two or more languages belong to the same genealogical language family or linguistic lineage.

Sample triples (17,824)

Subject Object
Puerto Rico Romance languages ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic Celtic via predicate surface "partOfLanguageFamily" ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic Indo-European via predicate surface "partOfLanguageFamily" ⓘ
linked to: Indo-European language family
Mojave people Yuman language family ⓘ
Spanish Indo-European languages ⓘ
linked to: Indo-European language family
Spanish Italic languages ⓘ
Spanish Romance languages ⓘ
Spanish Western Romance languages ⓘ
Spanish Ibero-Romance languages ⓘ
Europe Indo-European languages via predicate surface "hasLanguageFamily" ⓘ
linked to: Indo-European language family
Haitian Creole French-based creole languages ⓘ
Chamorro Austronesian languages ⓘ
Chamorro Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
linked to: Austronesian languages
Filipino Austronesian languages ⓘ
Puerto Rican Spanish Romance languages ⓘ
Koine Greek Indo-European languages ⓘ
Old Irish Indo-European ⓘ
linked to: Indo-European language family
Old Irish Celtic ⓘ
Old Irish Goidelic ⓘ
Arabic Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Africa Afroasiatic languages via predicate surface "hasMajorLanguageFamily" ⓘ
linked to: Berber languages
Africa Niger–Congo languages via predicate surface "hasMajorLanguageFamily" ⓘ
Africa Nilo-Saharan languages via predicate surface "hasMajorLanguageFamily" ⓘ
Africa Khoisan languages via predicate surface "hasMajorLanguageFamily" ⓘ
Roma Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Sinti Romani language ⓘ
Afrikaners West Germanic languages ⓘ
Georgians Kartvelian languages ⓘ
Wampanoag people Algonquian languages ⓘ
American English Indo-European languages via predicate surface "hasLanguageFamily" ⓘ
linked to: Indo-European language family
American English Germanic languages via predicate surface "hasLanguageFamily" ⓘ
American English West Germanic languages via predicate surface "hasLanguageFamily" ⓘ
Irish English Indo-European languages ⓘ
South African English Indo-European languages ⓘ
Middle English Indo-European languages ⓘ
Middle English Germanic languages ⓘ
Middle English West Germanic languages ⓘ
Dutch Germanic ⓘ
Yiddish Indo-European languages ⓘ
linked to: Indo-European language family
Yiddish Germanic languages ⓘ
Judeo-Arabic Afro-Asiatic languages ⓘ
linked to: Afroasiatic languages
Judeo-Arabic Semitic languages ⓘ
Mountain Jews Southwestern Iranian languages ⓘ
Hebrews Semitic languages ⓘ
Inupiaq Eskimo–Aleut ⓘ
linked to: Eskimo–Aleut languages
Vulgar Latin Italic languages ⓘ
Vulgar Latin Indo-European languages ⓘ
linked to: Indo-European language family
Equatoguinean Spanish Romance languages ⓘ
Middle East Afro-Asiatic languages via predicate surface "dominantLanguageFamily" ⓘ
Middle East Indo-European languages via predicate surface "dominantLanguageFamily" ⓘ