Language families

The main divisions of the Indo-European Group. Many languages that we today find to be very different are in fact descended from the same original root language, English, along with many of the languages of Europe, parts of Asia, and India are descendants of the same common ancestor language spoken perhaps 7,000 to 9,000 years ago: Proto-Indo-European (PIE).

The Indo-European language family tree (from Anthropology.net, originally from Scientific American, March 1990)

You’ve probably heard about language families, and today, we’re talking about the Germanic languages. Imagine, long, long ago, there was a language called Proto-Germanic, spoken around 500 BCE to the 5th century CE. Over time, it split into different branches, like how a family tree has many branches. Now, you might wonder which languages are part of this language family and how they are similar or different today. Let’s find out together!

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Family Members Vocabulary, Family Members Names in English FAMILY MEMBERS VOCABULARY The family is the smallest known social unit. The family is based on marriage and blood ties. It is one of the most basic social institutions formed by the relations between husband and wife, children and siblings. The family can be either large or small, that is, it can be crowded or less members. Families with few members are called nuclear families, this family structure consists of mother, father and…

Family Members Words, 31 Family Members Vocabulary List aunt cousin husband wife ex son daughter sister brother grandmother grandfather grandparent mother mom father mother-in-law father-in-law partner dad parent children uncle niece nephew grandson granddaughter grandchild sister-in-law brother-in-law stepmother stepfather

Discover how to talk about your family in English with names, relationships, pictures. Boost your family conversations confidently!

In Spanish, “family” is familia.

A printable Word families list is a useful reference for elementary school teachers. It helps to save planning time, enhance spelling and reading activities and exposes students to a range of words within each word family..

We know the many benefits of speaking more than one language, so how can we support kids with learning a new language or reinforcing more than one language at home? One way is with bilingual children’s books.

Linguistics - the language tree

Minna Sundberg’s illustration maps the relationships between Indo-European and Uralic languages

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The idiom, "It's all Greek to me," finally makes sense.