The tree model is a convenient way of representing the development of a language family and of showing how closely related two of more languages are.

树形模型是表示一个语言家族的发展并显示两种或更多语言的密切相关程度的一种便捷方式。

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But it is obviously very simplified, having a whole language represented by just one branch on a tree doesn't really do justice to all the variations within that language.

但这一模型显然是非常简化的，即只用树上的一个分支来表示整个语言体系，不能公平对待该语言中的所有变体。

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A computer language can be viewed as a hierarchical tree of language constructs.

一门计算机语言可以看作是语言结构的一个分层级的树。

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They come from different branches on the language tree.

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Recent research has shown that the language family tree as reconstructed by linguists overlaps remarkably well with the one independently drawn for the corresponding people by molecular biologists.

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When completed, this tree had sprouted branches representing all the main language groups in modern Europe: Romance, Celtic, Germanic, Slavic and so on.

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