"protolanguage" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "protolanguages",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "proto-language"
        }
      ],
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1994, Steven Pinker, The Language Instinct, →ISBN, page 366:",
          "text": "Bickerton suggests that Homo erectus spoke in protolanguage.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of proto-language"
      ],
      "id": "en-protolanguage-en-noun-JEYEyH9d",
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          "proto-language",
          "proto-language#English"
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "protolanguage"
}

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    {
      "form": "protolanguages",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "word": "proto-language"
        }
      ],
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
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        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1994, Steven Pinker, The Language Instinct, →ISBN, page 366:",
          "text": "Bickerton suggests that Homo erectus spoke in protolanguage.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of proto-language"
      ],
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          "proto-language#English"
        ]
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        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "protolanguage"
}