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Change log entry 43846
Processed by: ycandau (2012-10-06 16:56:45 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 42677 - submitted by 'qeny' >>
語系 is commonly used for "language family", for example on Wikipedia (See <http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/語系>).
"language system" appears to have a different meaning (according to <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/language+system>)
Diff:
- 語系 语系 [yu3 xi4] /language system/
+ 語系 语系 [yu3 xi4] /language family/
 
# added:
- 閃含語系 闪含语系 [shan3 han2 yu3 xi4] /Hamito-Semitic system of languages (incl. Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew etc)/
+ 閃含語系 闪含语系 [Shan3 Han2 yu3 xi4] /Hamito-Semitic family of languages (incl. Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew etc)/
 
- 印歐語系 印欧语系 [Yin4 Ou1 yu3 xi4] /Indo-European system of languages/
+ 印歐語系 印欧语系 [Yin4 Ou1 yu3 xi4] /Indo-European family of languages/
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