Claims that the purported remote linguistic relationship is obvious and easy to perceive.

The broader meaning of "Maya" now current, while defined by linguistic relationships, is also used to refer to ethnic or cultural traits.

According to Ringe, sound change renders linguistic relationships untraceable over time.

These are more umbrella terms than accepted linguistic relationships.

There are two ethnic groups called Chontales, which do not have any cultural or linguistic relationship to each other:

Several scholars have attempted to show a direct linguistic relationship between them, while general agreement hasn't been established yet.

So the linguistic relationship between Chhattisgarhi and Sabariya may be weak.

That is, the term is defined negatively and does not mean a linguistic relationship.

The evidence of linguistic relationship is found in observable shared characteristics that are not attributed to borrowing.

The three countries involved in this genre share a common colonial history and close cultural and linguistic relationships.