A group of languages related via a common ancestor, or proto-language, is referred to as a language family.
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Proto-language
Synonyms for "proto-language" (2 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (1)
Noun(1 words)
Related word relations
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1 entriesTranslations
57 translations across 44 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- նախալեզու noun (common ancestor language)
Asturian
1 entries- protollingua noun (common ancestor language)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- kök dil noun (common ancestor language)
- protodil noun (common ancestor language)
- ulu dil noun (common ancestor language)
Belarusian
1 entries- прамо́ва noun (common ancestor language)
Bulgarian
1 entries- праези́к noun (common ancestor language)
Catalan
1 entries- protollengua noun (common ancestor language)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 祖語 /祖语 noun (common ancestor language)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 原始語 /原始语 noun (common ancestor language)
- 祖語 /祖语 noun (common ancestor language)
Czech
1 entries- prajazyk noun (common ancestor language)
Danish
1 entries- ursprog noun (common ancestor language)
Dutch
1 entries- vooroudertaal noun (common ancestor language)
Esperanto
1 entries- pralingvo noun (common ancestor language)
Estonian
1 entries- algkeel noun (common ancestor language)
Finnish
1 entries- kantakieli noun (common ancestor language)
French
1 entries- protolangue noun (common ancestor language)
Galician
1 entries- protolingua noun (common ancestor language)
Georgian
4 entries- პროტო-ენა noun (common ancestor language)
- საერთო ენა noun (common ancestor language)
- ფუძეენა noun (common ancestor language)
- წინარე ენა noun (common ancestor language)
German
1 entries- Ursprache noun (common ancestor language)
Greek
1 entries- πρωτογλώσσα noun (common ancestor language)
Hindi
1 entries- आदिभाषा noun (common ancestor language)
Hungarian
3 entries- alapnyelv noun (common ancestor language)
- protonyelv noun (common ancestor language)
- ősnyelv noun (common ancestor language)
Icelandic
1 entries- frummál noun (common ancestor language)
Indonesian
1 entries- bahasa proto noun (common ancestor language)
Italian
1 entries- protolingua noun (common ancestor language)
Japanese
1 entries- 祖語 noun (common ancestor language)
Kashmiri
1 entries- جَد زَبان noun (common ancestor language)
Kazakh
3 entries- ататіл noun (common ancestor language)
- тектіл noun (common ancestor language)
- түптіл noun (common ancestor language)
Korean
1 entries- 프로토어 noun (common ancestor language)
Lithuanian
1 entries- prokalbė noun (common ancestor language)
Macedonian
1 entries- прајазик noun (common ancestor language)
Norwegian
1 entries- urspråk noun (common ancestor language)
Polish
1 entries- prajęzyk noun (common ancestor language)
Portuguese
1 entries- protolíngua noun (common ancestor language)
Romanian
1 entries- protolimbă noun (common ancestor language)
Russian
1 entries- праязы́к noun (common ancestor language)
Sicilian
1 entries- prutulingua noun (common ancestor language)
Slovak
2 entries- prajazyk noun (common ancestor language)
- protojazyk noun (common ancestor language)
Slovene
1 entries- prajezik noun (common ancestor language)
Spanish
1 entries- protolengua noun (common ancestor language)
Swedish
1 entries- urspråk noun (common ancestor language)
Turkish
3 entries- ana dil noun (common ancestor language)
- proto dil noun (common ancestor language)
- ön dil noun (common ancestor language)
Tuvan
1 entries- өгбе дыл noun (common ancestor language)
Ukrainian
1 entries- прамо́ва noun (common ancestor language)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tiền ngôn ngữ noun (common ancestor language)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
A proto-language is the common ancestor of a group of languages or dialects.
Source: tatoeba (5903890)
The proto-language of Afroasiatic is not well understood, and it's not clear how knowable it is at all.
Source: tatoeba (10193534)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.