Proto-Afroasiatic language
E671842
Proto-Afroasiatic is the hypothetical reconstructed common ancestor of the Afroasiatic language family, which includes branches such as Semitic, Berber, Cushitic, Chadic, and Omotic.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Proto-Afroasiatic | 2 |
| Proto-Afroasiatic language canonical | 2 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hypothetical language
ⓘ
proto-language ⓘ reconstructed language ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Afroasiatic languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Berber languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Chadic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Cushitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Egyptian language NERFINISHED ⓘ Omotic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Semitic languages ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Afroasiatic linguistics
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Common Afroasiatic
ⓘ
Proto-Afrasian NERFINISHED ⓘ Proto-Hamito-Semitic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDescendant |
Proto-Berber language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Proto-Chadic language ⓘ Proto-Cushitic language ⓘ Proto-Egyptian language NERFINISHED ⓘ Proto-Omotic language ⓘ Proto-Semitic language ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
consonantal roots (reconstructed)
ⓘ
emphatic consonants (reconstructed) ⓘ feminine gender marker *-t (reconstructed) ⓘ grammatical gender (reconstructed) ⓘ laryngeal consonants (reconstructed) ⓘ pharyngeal consonants (reconstructed) ⓘ prefix conjugation (reconstructed) ⓘ root-and-pattern morphology (reconstructed) ⓘ singular-plural number distinction (reconstructed) ⓘ suffix conjugation (reconstructed) ⓘ tri-consonantal roots (reconstructed, debated) ⓘ |
| hasLexicalDomain |
agriculture vocabulary (reconstructed)
ⓘ
domestic animals vocabulary (reconstructed) ⓘ pastoralism vocabulary (reconstructed) ⓘ |
| hasUncertainty |
chronology debated
ⓘ
homeland location debated ⓘ phoneme inventory reconstruction debated ⓘ |
| partOf | Afroasiatic language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reconstructedBy | comparative method ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
prehistoric Near East (hypothetical)
ⓘ
prehistoric North Africa (hypothetical) ⓘ prehistoric Northeast Africa (hypothetical) ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
Alexander Militarev
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Christopher Ehret NERFINISHED ⓘ Igor Diakonoff NERFINISHED ⓘ Olga Stolbova NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Orel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Neolithic (hypothetical)
ⓘ
early Holocene (hypothetical) ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Proto-Afroasiatic
this entity surface form:
Proto-Afroasiatic