汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 语系
语系 (語系)
language family
具有共同来源的诸语言的总称。如汉藏语系﹑印欧语系。同一语系内﹐按各语言之间亲属关系的远近﹐可分为若干语族﹔同一语族可再按关系远近分为若干语支。由于世界语言十分复杂﹐语系的划分在语言学家中不尽一致﹐名称也不尽相同。
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英语属于印欧语系

English is belonged to the Indo-European Family.

英语是西日耳曼语系的一个分支。西日耳曼语系属于印欧语族。

English is a language branch belonging to the West Germanic line of the Indo-European family.

丹麦语、冰岛语、挪威语及瑞典语等北欧语系则属北日耳曼语系

The Scandinavian languages of Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish comprise the North Germanic grouping.

什么是语系?什么是谱系树?

What is a language family? What is a family tree?

英语和法语都属于印欧语系

English and French are of the Indo-European family.

英语是日耳曼语系中的一种语言。

English is a member of the Germanic group of languages.

东乡语是阿尔泰语系蒙古亲属语言之一。

Dongxiang dialect is one of Mongolian language family in Altaic.

英语属于日耳曼语支中的西日耳曼语分支,而日耳曼语本身又属于世界上最大的语系——印欧语系

English belongs to the west Germanic branch of the Germanic sub-family, which in turn is a member of Indo-European family, the largest one in the world.

但是印欧语系被认为是大多数欧洲语言的祖先。

Yet, Proto - Indo - European is believed to be the ancestor of most European languages.

我们都知道,韩国语和汉语分属于不同的语系

As we all know, Korean and Chinese belong to different language family.