protolíngua

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌpɾɔ.toˈlĩ.ɡwɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌpɾɔ.toˈlĩ.ɡwa/

  • Hyphenation: pro‧to‧lín‧gua

Noun

protolíngua f (plural protolínguas)

  1. (linguistics) proto-language (ancestor language of all the languages of a given language family)