Editing Encyclopedia:Naming conventions (languages) (section)

==Language families==
[[Language families and languages|Language families]] and groups of languages are pluralized, thus [[Sino-Tibetan languages]]. Normally, a redirect from the singular to the plural title is appropriate, as at [[Sino-Tibetan language]], but in some cases this would be incorrect: Compare [[Kalenjin languages]] (the family) and [[Kalenjin language]] (a specific Kalenjin language), where the phrase "a [[Kalenjin languages|Kalenjin language]]" requires the plural form in the link: <code><nowiki>a [[Kalenjin languages|Kalenjin language]]</nowiki></code>. ''X languages'' is preferred over ''X language family'' because it leaves the actual nature of the grouping (genetic, geographic, or otherwise) an open question, which saves us from nit-picking about the article title in the case of controversial families, or whether the article covers a 'branch', 'group', 'subfamily', etc.