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Language family, an Epic card
A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor, called the proto-language of that family.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 51
- Power
- 123
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 680,000
Power 123 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Language family quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Language family card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Linguists thus describe the ______ languages within a language family as being genetically related.
Answer
daughter. Linguists thus describe the daughter languages within a language family as being genetically related. From the Language family article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Albacete. Albacete 82 · Language family 72 · Landry Shamet 68 · E 64 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Christy Martin. Christy Martin 1,900,000 · 2026 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles 900,000 · Language family 680,000 · Albacete 160 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The term family is a metaphor borrowed from biology, with the tree model used in historical linguistics analogous to a family tree, or to phylogenetic trees of taxa used in evolutionary taxonomy.
- Linguists thus describe the daughter languages within a language family as being genetically related.
- The divergence of a proto-language into daughter languages typically occurs through geographical separation, with different regional dialects of the proto-language undergoing different language changes and thus becoming distinct languages over time.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Language family article was read about 680,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 51: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Language family
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Language family in the power ranking, all domains together.
- 2026 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singlesEpic · Society · ATK 80 DEF 43
- Landry ShametEpic · Society · ATK 68 DEF 55
- Usman NurmagomedovEpic · Arts · ATK 73 DEF 50
- Professor MoriartyEpic · Arts · ATK 69 DEF 54
- Jai ArrowEpic · Society · ATK 68 DEF 55
- Belle ÉpoqueEpic · History · ATK 70 DEF 53
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Language family (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Alumnum, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
