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Noun [English]

Forms: proto-languages [plural]
Etymology: From proto- + language. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|proto|language}} proto- + language Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} proto-language (countable and uncountable, plural proto-languages)
  1. (linguistics) A language which is reconstructed by examining similarities in existing languages in order to deduce the form and aspects of a common ancestor language that is no longer known. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (common ancestor language): նախալեզու (naxalezu) (Armenian), protollingua [feminine] (Asturian), прамо́ва (pramóva) [feminine] (Belarusian), праези́к (praezík) [masculine] (Bulgarian), protollengua [feminine] (Catalan), 祖語 (Chinese Cantonese), 祖语 (zou² jyu⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 祖語 (Chinese Mandarin), 祖语 (zǔyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 原始語 (Chinese Mandarin), 原始语 (yuánshǐyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), prajazyk [masculine] (Czech), ursprog (Danish), vooroudertaal (Dutch), pralingvo (Esperanto), algkeel (Estonian), kantakieli (Finnish), protolangue [feminine] (French), protolingua [feminine] (Galician), ფუძეენა (puʒeena) (Georgian), წინარე ენა (c̣inare ena) (Georgian), პროტო-ენა (ṗroṭo-ena) (Georgian), Ursprache [feminine] (German), πρωτογλώσσα (protoglóssa) (Greek), alapnyelv (Hungarian), ősnyelv (Hungarian), protonyelv (Hungarian), frummál (Icelandic), protolingua [feminine] (Italian), 祖語 (sogo) (alt: そご) (Japanese), ататіл (atatıl) (Kazakh), тектіл (tektıl) (Kazakh), түптіл (tüptıl) (Kazakh), 프로토어 (peuroto'eo) (Korean), prokalbė [feminine] (Lithuanian), прајазик (prajazik) [masculine] (Macedonian), urspråk (Norwegian), prajęzyk [masculine] (Polish), protolíngua [feminine] (Portuguese), protolimbă [feminine] (Romanian), праязы́к (prajazýk) [masculine] (Russian), prutulingua [feminine] (Sicilian), prajazyk [masculine] (Slovak), protojazyk [masculine] (Slovak), protolengua [feminine] (Spanish), urspråk (Swedish), proto dil (Turkish), ön dil (Turkish), ana dil (Turkish), өгбе дыл (ögbe dıl) (Tuvan), прамо́ва (pramóva) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ngôn ngữ nguyên thủy (Vietnamese), ngôn ngữ tổ tiên chung (Vietnamese)
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  2. (linguistics) The early utterances produced by an infant before it acquires a true language. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-proto-language-en-noun-wFxNWNjD Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ur-language, Ursprache, protolanguage Related terms: reconstructed language

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