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Definition of Protolanguage
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Protolanguage
Literary usage of Protolanguage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On Calculating the Factor of Chance in Language Comparison by Donald A. Ringe (1992)
"In comparing related languages we must often deal with conditioned splits in the
phonemes of the protolanguage, which cause cognate words reflecting a ..."
2. On Calculating the Factor of Chance in Language Comparison by Donald A. Ringe (1992)
"In comparing related languages we must often deal with conditioned splits in the
phonemes of the protolanguage, which cause cognate words reflecting a ..."
3. Afrika und Übersee by Carl Meinhof (1845)
"-r goes back to -t of the protolanguage of the group and is retained, in this
form, in some of the more conservative dialects of Zarek. ..."
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