protolíngua

See also: protolingua and proto-língua

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• proto-língua (pre-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpɾɔ.tɔˈlĩ.ɡwɐ/

• 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)