Everything about Macrofamily totally explained
In
linguistics, a
macrofamily is a proposed
language family that unites two or more language families that are already recognized.
"Macrofamily" is thus a relative term. It doesn't designate any particular size of language family or any particular depth of
genetic relationship. Rather, it refers to theories of genetic relationship that are newly proposed or for whatever reason are not, or not yet, generally accepted.
For example,
Afro-Asiatic and
Eurasiatic are both large language families dating back to the Stone Age, but Afro-Asiatic is almost invariably called a "language family" because it's now generally accepted, while Eurasiatic is often called a "macrofamily" because the hypothesis it represents is new and controversial.
A synonym for "macrofamily" is "
superfamily", but unlike "macrofamily" it often has a pejorative connotation. "Macrofamily" is therefore usually the preferable term, outside of polemic contexts.
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