{"id":746,"date":"2019-07-19T12:50:09","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T12:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=746"},"modified":"2019-12-18T18:22:53","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T18:22:53","slug":"episode-20-language-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=746","title":{"rendered":"Episode 20 &#8211; Language Families"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Episode 20 &amp;#8211; Language Families\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-07-19T12:50:09+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT19M59S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode I talk about language families - what they are, and how they develop, and I introduce some major and minor language families.\n\nAccording to Wikipedia, a language family is &quot;a group of languages related through descent from a common an...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode20.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"9.1\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4600\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-746-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode20.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode20.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode20.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode20.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=746-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode20.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"episode20.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode I talk about language families &#8211; what they are, and how they develop, and I introduce some major and minor language families.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Language_family\">Wikipedia<\/a>, a language family is &#8220;a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestral language or parental language, called the proto-language of that family&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ethnologue.com\/statistics\/family\">Ethnologue<\/a> there are currently 142 different language families and 7,111 living languages. The ten largest languages families account for about 88% of the world&#8217;s population, and 74% of the world&#8217;s languages.<\/p>\n<p>[table id=1 \/]<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an illustration a the family tree of J.R.R. 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According to Wikipedia, a language family is &#8220;a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestral language or parental language, called the proto-language of that family&#8221;. 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