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A language from which a later language is derived: Latin is the parent language of Italian and French.
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These efforts were successful: as is known, an accusative ending *-m can be reconstructed for the proto-language on the basis of the modern Uralic languages.
Unmarked object in the Uralic languages. A diachronic typological ... by Havas, Ferenc / Linguistica Uralica
Proto-languages can only have significance if they are based on "exclusive shared innovations.
Calvin R. Rensch, Carolyn M. Rensch, Jonas Noeb and Robert Sulis ... by Adelaar, Alexander / Borneo Research Bulletin
Its practitioners assumed that languages featuring comparable forms of many essential words -- which differ slightly because of systematic rules for changing speech sounds in various languages -- descended from a common proto-language.
Indo-European pursuits: scientific paths diverge in the quest for ... by Bower, Bruce / Science News
 
 
 
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