In historical linguistics, a daughter language is a language descended from another language through a process of genetic descent.
Examples
- English is a daughter language of Proto-Germanic, which is a daughter language of Proto-Indo-European.
- Italian is a daughter language of (Vulgar) Latin, which is a daughter language of Proto-Indo-European.
- Hindi is a daughter language of Sanskrit (/Prakrit), which is a daughter language of Proto-Indo-European.
- Arabic is a daughter language of Proto-Semitic, which is a daughter language of Proto-Afro-Asiatic.
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