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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The early utterances produced by an infant before it acquires a true language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵhwéh2s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Vulgar Latin *linguāticum Old French languagebor. Middle English langage English language English proto-language From proto- + language.
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
նախալեզու
(naxalezu)
— common ancestor language
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Asturian:
protollingua
— common ancestor language
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Azerbaijani:
ulu dil
— common ancestor language
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Azerbaijani:
protodil
— common ancestor language
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Azerbaijani:
kök dil
— common ancestor language
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Belarusian:
прамо́ва
(pramóva)
— common ancestor language
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Bulgarian:
праези́к
(praezík)
— common ancestor language
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Catalan:
protollengua
— common ancestor language
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Chinese Cantonese:
祖語 /祖语
(zou2 jyu5)
— common ancestor language
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Chinese Mandarin:
祖語 /祖语
(zǔyǔ)
— common ancestor language
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Chinese Mandarin:
原始語 /原始语
(yuánshǐyǔ)
— common ancestor language
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Czech:
prajazyk
— common ancestor language
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Danish:
ursprog
— common ancestor language
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Dutch:
vooroudertaal
— common ancestor language
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Esperanto:
pralingvo
— common ancestor language
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Estonian:
algkeel
— common ancestor language
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Finnish:
kantakieli
— common ancestor language
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French:
protolangue
— common ancestor language
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Galician:
protolingua
— common ancestor language
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Georgian:
ფუძეენა
(puʒeena)
— common ancestor language
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Georgian:
წინარე ენა
(c̣inare ena)
— common ancestor language
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Georgian:
პროტო-ენა
(ṗroṭo-ena)
— common ancestor language
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Georgian:
საერთო ენა
(saerto ena)
— common ancestor language
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German:
Ursprache
— common ancestor language
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Greek:
πρωτογλώσσα
(protoglóssa)
— common ancestor language
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Hindi:
आदिभाषा
(ādibhāṣā)
— common ancestor language
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Hungarian:
alapnyelv
— common ancestor language
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Hungarian:
ősnyelv
— common ancestor language
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Hungarian:
protonyelv
— common ancestor language
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Icelandic:
frummál
— common ancestor language
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Indonesian:
bahasa proto
— common ancestor language
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Italian:
protolingua
— common ancestor language
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Japanese:
祖語
(sogo)
— common ancestor language
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Kashmiri:
جَد زَبان
(jad zabān)
— common ancestor language
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Kazakh:
ататіл
(atatıl)
— common ancestor language
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Kazakh:
тектіл
(tektıl)
— common ancestor language
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Kazakh:
түптіл
(tüptıl)
— common ancestor language
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Korean:
프로토어
(peuroto'eo)
— common ancestor language
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Lithuanian:
prokalbė
— common ancestor language
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Macedonian:
прајазик
(prajazik)
— common ancestor language
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Norwegian:
urspråk
— common ancestor language
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Polish:
prajęzyk
— common ancestor language
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Portuguese:
protolíngua
— common ancestor language
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Romanian:
protolimbă
— common ancestor language
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Russian:
праязы́к
(prajazýk)
— common ancestor language
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Sicilian:
prutulingua
— common ancestor language
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Slovak:
prajazyk
— common ancestor language
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Slovak:
protojazyk
— common ancestor language
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Slovene:
prajezik
— common ancestor language
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Spanish:
protolengua
— common ancestor language
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Swedish:
urspråk
— common ancestor language
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Turkish:
proto dil
— common ancestor language
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Turkish:
ön dil
— common ancestor language
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Turkish:
ana dil
— common ancestor language
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Tuvan:
өгбе дыл
(ögbe dıl)
— common ancestor language
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Ukrainian:
прамо́ва
(pramóva)
— common ancestor language
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Vietnamese:
tiền ngôn ngữ
— common ancestor language