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Classification of Languages - Coggle Diagram
Classification of Languages
Typological Classification
Classifies languages based on structure (syntax, morphology, phonology)
Morphological Typology
Isolating/ Analytic: one morpheme.(Mandarin)
Synthetic: more than one morpheme
Agglutinative (Turkish)
Fusional (Spanish)
Syntactic Typology
Word order
SVO
VSO
Phonological Typology
Based on sound distribution
Tone
Stress
Genetic Classification
Approaches languages historically. All languages have an ancestor.
Anagenesis
Old, Middle, Modern (one line of descent)
Cladogenesis
Inconsistent spread of innovations
Descend from one language to make descendant sister languages (a clade)