Proto-language
"Proto-language" in a Sentence (3 examples)
A group of languages related via a common ancestor, or proto-language, is referred to as a language family.
A proto-language is the common ancestor of a group of languages or dialects.
The proto-language of Afroasiatic is not well understood, and it's not clear how knowable it is at all.
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