proto-language
See also: protolanguage
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Noun
proto-language (countable and uncountable, plural proto-languages)
- (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.
- (linguistics) The early utterances produced by an infant before it acquires a true language.
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common ancestor language
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