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Noun: protolanguage
  1. A hypothetical language thought to have been the early ancestor of a known language

Derived forms: protolanguages

Type of: language, linguistic communication

Encyclopedia: Protolanguage

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protoctist genus
protoctist order
Protoctista
protogeometric
protoheme
protohemin
protohippus
protohistory
protohuman
Proto-Indo European
protolanguage
protology
protomammal
protomartyr
proton
proton accelerator
proton magnetic resonance
Proto-Norse
protonotary
proto-oncogene
protoplasm