A daughter language is a language that descended from another language. This usually happens over a long period of time.
Examples
- Italian is a daughter language of Latin, which is a daughter language of Proto-Indo-European.
- English is a daughter language of West Germanic, which is a daughter language of Proto-Indo-European.
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