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A language which is reconstructed by examining similarities in existing languages to try to deduce what a common ancestor language, no longer known, would have been like.
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proto-language — 1948, from PROTO (Cf. proto ) + LANGUAGE (Cf. language) … Etymology dictionary
Proto-language — *A proto language is a language which was the common ancestor of related languages that form a language family. *In historical linguistics, a synonymous term proposed language [redirected here] is a language for which no direct evidence exists,… … Wikipedia
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Proto-Germanic language — Proto Germanic Spoken in Northern Europe Extinct evolved into Proto Norse, Gothic, Frankish and Ingvaeonic by the 4th century Language family Indo European … Wikipedia
Proto-Slavic — is the proto language from which Slavic languages later emerged. It was spoken before the seventh century AD. As with most other proto languages, no attested writings have been found; the language has been reconstructed by applying the… … Wikipedia
Proto-Uralic language — Proto Uralic is the hypothetical language ancestral to the Uralic language family, which includes Finno Ugric and Samoyedic. The language was originally spoken in a small area in about 4000 BCE, and expanded to give differentiated protolanguages … Wikipedia
Proto-Slavic language — Proto Slavic is the proto language from which Slavic languages later emerged. It was spoken before the seventh century. As with all other proto languages, no attested writings have been found; the language has been reconstructed by applying the… … Wikipedia
Proto-Balto-Slavic language — Proto Balto Slavic Geographic distribution: northeastern Europe Linguistic classification: Indo European Proto Balto Slavic Subdivisions: Balto Slavic languages Proto Balto Slavic … Wikipedia
Proto-Semitic language — Proto Semitic is the hypothetical proto language of the Semitic languages. The earliest attestations of a Semitic language are in Akkadian, dating to ca. the 23rd century BC (see Sargon of Akkad). Early inscriptions in the (pre )Proto Canaanite… … Wikipedia
Proto-Dravidian — is the proto language of the Dravidian languages. Origins of the word Dravidian The English word Dravidian was first employed by Caldwell in his book of comparative Dravidian grammar based on the usage of the Sanskrit word IAST|drāviḍa in the… … Wikipedia
