Protolanguage

noun

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Noun

1
Alternative form of proto-language. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
"Bickerton suggests that Homo erectus spoke in protolanguage."

Synonyms

ur-language ursprache

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"Bickerton suggests that Homo erectus spoke in protolanguage."

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