The Bantu languages are a subfamily of the Niger-Congo languages.
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Subfamily
Synonyms for "subfamily" (15 found)
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3 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 24 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- onderfamilie noun (taxonomic category)
- subfamilie noun (taxonomic category)
Breton
1 entries- iskerentiad noun (taxonomic category)
Catalan
1 entries- subfamília noun (taxonomic category)
Czech
1 entries- podčeleď noun (taxonomic category)
Danish
1 entries- underfamilie noun (taxonomic category)
Dutch
2 entries- onderfamilie noun (taxonomic category)
- subfamilie noun (taxonomic category)
Finnish
1 entries- alaheimo noun (taxonomic category)
French
1 entries- sous-famille noun (taxonomic category)
German
2 entries- Subfamilie noun (taxonomic category)
- Unterfamilie noun (taxonomic category)
Greek
1 entries- υποοικογένεια noun (taxonomic category)
Indonesian
2 entries- upafamili noun (taxonomic category)
- upakeluarga noun (taxonomic category)
Italian
1 entries- sottofamiglia noun (taxonomic category)
Low German
1 entries- Ünnerfamilie noun (taxonomic category)
Malay
2 entries- subfamili noun (taxonomic category)
- subkeluarga noun (taxonomic category)
Polish
1 entries- podrodzina noun (taxonomic category)
Portuguese
1 entries- subfamília noun (taxonomic category)
Romanian
1 entries- sub-familie noun (taxonomic category)
Russian
1 entries- подсеме́йство noun (taxonomic category)
Spanish
1 entries- subfamilia noun (taxonomic category)
Swedish
1 entries- underfamilj noun (taxonomic category)
Tagalog
1 entries- kub-angkanhay noun (taxonomic category)
Telugu
1 entries- ఉపకుటుంబము noun (taxonomic category)
Volapük
2 entries- donafamül noun (taxonomic category)
- subfamilia noun (taxonomic category)
Welsh
1 entries- is-deulu noun (taxonomic category)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Hebrew and Phoenician belong to the same language subfamily and are practically the same.
Source: tatoeba (11702912)
The discovery marks the first time since nineteen twenty-three that a new ant subfamily has been identified.
Source: tatoeba (11935399)
There is a handy font editor tool in the engine, where you can import your font and create family and subfamily for your font (for example, the same font can have a family for its bold, italic, light, and dark style as its subfamily).
Source: wiktionary
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