Proto-Greek

E37106

ancestor language proto-language reconstructed language

Proto-Greek is the reconstructed common ancestor of all known varieties of Ancient and Modern Greek, spoken in the late Bronze Age before the differentiation of dialects such as Ionic.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Proto-Hellenic	2
Proto-Greek language	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancestor language ⓘ proto-language ⓘ reconstructed language ⓘ
ancestorOf	all known varieties of Ancient Greek ⓘ all known varieties of Modern Greek ⓘ
attestation	unattested ⓘ
followedBy	Aeolic Greek ⓘ surface form: Aeolic dialect Arcadocypriot Greek ⓘ surface form: Arcado-Cypriot dialect Attic Greek ⓘ surface form: Attic dialect Doric dialect ⓘ Ionic dialect ⓘ Mycenaean Greek ⓘ diversified Ancient Greek dialects ⓘ
glottologCode	none (reconstructed) ⓘ
hasAncestor	Proto-Indo-European ⓘ
hasDescendant	Aeolic Greek ⓘ Ancient Greek ⓘ Arcadocypriot Greek ⓘ surface form: Arcado-Cypriot Greek Attic Greek ⓘ Cappadocian Greek ⓘ Doric Greek ⓘ Homeric Greek ⓘ Ionic Greek ⓘ Koine Greek ⓘ Medieval Greek ⓘ Modern Greek ⓘ Mycenaean Greek ⓘ Pontic Greek ⓘ Modern Greek ⓘ surface form: Standard Modern Greek Tsakonian ⓘ Yevanic ⓘ
ISO639-3	none ⓘ
languageBranch	Hellenic ⓘ
languageStageOf	Greek language ⓘ
lexiconFeature	basic vocabulary inherited from Proto-Indo-European ⓘ
morphologyFeature	noun cases inherited from Proto-Indo-European ⓘ rich inflectional morphology ⓘ
partOf	Indo-European language family ⓘ
phonologyFeature	development of aspirated stops ⓘ loss of laryngeals from Proto-Indo-European ⓘ palatalization of velars before front vowels ⓘ
reconstructedBy	historical linguistics ⓘ
reconstructedFrom	Ancient Greek dialectal variation ⓘ Mycenaean Greek data ⓘ comparative evidence of Greek dialects ⓘ internal reconstruction ⓘ
spokenIn	Asia Minor ⓘ surface form: Aegean region Greek peninsula ⓘ southern Balkans ⓘ
subclassOf	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European proto-languages
syntaxFeature	flexible word order ⓘ
timePeriod	late Bronze Age ⓘ
writingSystem	none (unattested, reconstructed) ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hellenic languages → ancestor → Proto-Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proto-Hellenic

Ionian Greek → developedFrom → Proto-Greek ⓘ

Ionic Greek → developedFrom → Proto-Greek ⓘ

Ancient Greek → follows → Proto-Greek ⓘ

Greek language → hasAncestor → Proto-Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proto-Greek language

Proto-Indo-European → hasDescendant → Proto-Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proto-Hellenic

Hellenic languages → hasProtoLanguage → Proto-Greek ⓘ

Northwest Greek → precededBy → Proto-Greek ⓘ