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单词 protolanguage
释义

protolanguage

[ proh-toh-lang-gwij ]
/ ˈproʊ toʊˌlæŋ gwɪdʒ /

noun Linguistics.

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

Origin of protolanguage

First recorded in 1945–50; proto- + language

Words nearby protolanguage

protogynous, protohistory, protohuman, Proto-Indo-European, proto-Ionic, protolanguage, protolithic, protolog, protomartyr, protomorphic, proton
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British Dictionary definitions for protolanguage

protolanguage
/ (ˌprəʊtəʊˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ) /

noun

an extinct and unrecorded language reconstructed by comparison of its recorded or living descendantsAlso called: Ursprache
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