reconstructed language
C1877
concept
A reconstructed language is a hypothesized earlier form of a language or language family, systematically inferred by linguists from patterns in its descendant or related languages.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| reconstructed language canonical | 97 |
| ancestor language | 5 |
| ancestral language | 5 |
| linguistic reconstruction | 2 |
| prehistoric language stage | 2 |
| reconstructed language stage | 2 |
| unattested language | 2 |
| hypothetical proto-language | 1 |
| reconstructed language group | 1 |
| reconstructed linguistic variety | 1 |
| reconstructed term | 1 |