Proto-Athabaskan language

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Proto-Athabaskan language is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Athabaskan language family, from which languages like Chipewyan and many others in North America are derived.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Proto-Athabaskan language canonical 2
Proto-Athabascan language 1
Proto-Athabaskan 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan language
proto-language
reconstructed language
ancestorOf Ahtna language
Apachean languages
Babine language
Carrier language
Chilcotin language
Chipewyan
surface form: Chipewyan language

Dena’ina language
Dene Suline language
Dogrib language
Gwich’in language
surface form: Gwichʼin language

Hupa language
Kaska language
Koyukon language
Many Athabaskan languages of North America
Navajo language
Sekani language
Slavey language
Tanacross language
Tsilhqot’in
surface form: Tsilhqot’in language

Tutchone language
surface form: Tutchone languages

Upper Tanana language
Witsuwitʼen language
surface form: Witsuwit’en language
fieldOfStudy historical-comparative linguistics
hasAlternativeName Proto-Athabaskan language
surface form: Proto-Athabascan language

Proto-Athabaskan language
surface form: Proto-Athapaskan language

Proto-Dene language
hasDescendantGroup Northern Athabaskan languages
Pacific Coast Athabaskan
surface form: Pacific Coast Athabaskan languages

Southern Athabaskan
surface form: Southern Athabaskan languages
hasFeature complex verb morphology
prefixing verb structure
rich consonant inventory
tonal contrasts in some reconstructions
hasMorphologicalType polysynthetic
hasPhonologicalSystem reconstructed consonant series including stops, affricates, fricatives, and sonorants
hasReconstructionStatus hypothetical but widely accepted in Athabaskan studies
influenced reconstruction of Proto-Na-Dene
knownFrom reconstruction from daughter languages
notDirectlyAttestedIn written records
partOf Na-Dene
surface form: Na-Dene language family
reconstructedBy historical linguistics
reconstructedUsing comparative method
spokenInPrehistoryOf North America
studiedIn Athabaskan linguistics
subfamilyOf Athabaskan language family

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Input
Subject: Proto-Athabaskan language
Description of subject: Proto-Athabaskan language is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Athabaskan language family, from which languages like Chipewyan and many others in North America are derived.

Referenced by (5)

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

Chipewyan hasAncestor Proto-Athabaskan language
Witsuwitʼen language hasAncestor Proto-Athabaskan language
Hupa language hasAncestor Proto-Athabaskan language
this entity surface form: Proto-Athabaskan
Proto-Athabaskan language hasAlternativeName Proto-Athabaskan language
this entity surface form: Proto-Athabascan language
Proto-Athabaskan language hasAlternativeName Proto-Athabaskan language
this entity surface form: Proto-Athapaskan language