Genetic (linguistics)

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Genetic, in linguistics, means due to descent from a common ancestor language, rather than borrowing at some time in the past between languages that were not necessarily descended from a common ancestor. Languages that possess genetic ties with one another belong to the same linguistic grouping, known as a language family. These ties are established through use of the comparative method of linguistic analysis, which relies mainly on shared phonological innovations as the test criteria.

[edit] Mixed and hybrid languages

Mixed and hybrid languages constitute a special genetic type of languages. For example, according to Zuckermann (2009),^[1] "Israeli", his term for Modern Hebrew, is a hybrid language, both Semitic and Indo-European, and it "demonstrates that the reality of linguistic genesis is far more complex than a simple family tree system allows. 'Revived' languages are unlikely to have a single parent."

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[edit] See also

• Genetic linguistics
• Genetic relationship
• Comparative method
• Proto-language
• Areal feature
• Mass lexical comparison
• Genetics
• Tree model