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protolanguage

[ proh-toh-lang-gwij ]

noun

, Linguistics.
  1. the reconstructed or postulated parent form of a language or a group of related languages.

protolanguage

/ ˌprəʊtəʊˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ /

noun

  1. an extinct and unrecorded language reconstructed by comparison of its recorded or living descendants Also calledUrsprache

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Word History and Origins

Origin of protolanguage1

First recorded in 1945–50; proto- + language

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