proto-language
proto-language · proto-languages
прамова
праязык
Ursprache
A language which is reconstructed by examining similarities in existing languages in…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.
/ˈpɹəʊtəʊˌlæŋɡwɪdʒ/
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Ursprache
праязы́кprajazýk
прамо́ваpramóva
(countable, uncountable)The early utterances produced by an infant before it acquires a true language.
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
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common ancestor language:
Русский
By meaning 1
common ancestor language:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
common ancestor language:
Forms
plural: proto-languagesSynonyms
2 synonymsUrspracheur-language
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedreconstructed language
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable