Proto-Finnic language
E74191
The Proto-Finnic language is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Finnic languages, from which modern languages like Finnish and Estonian evolved.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Uralic language
ⓘ
proto-language ⓘ reconstructed language ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Estonian language
ⓘ
Finnish language ⓘ Ingrian language ⓘ Karelian language ⓘ Livonian language ⓘ South Estonian language ⓘ Veps language ⓘ Votic language ⓘ |
| attestation | unattested; known only through reconstruction ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Proto-Samic language ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Proto-Uralic language ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Finnic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Common Finnic
Proto-Baltic ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Baltic-Finnic (in some classifications)
|
| hasDescendant | modern Finnic languages ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
consonant gradation (reconstructed) ⓘ lack of grammatical gender ⓘ possessive suffixes ⓘ postpositions ⓘ rich case system ⓘ vowel harmony ⓘ |
| hasLexicalBorrowingFrom | Indo-European languages in the Baltic region ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalSystem |
distinction between long and short vowels (reconstructed)
ⓘ
palatalization contrasts (reconstructed) ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | none (unwritten language) ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Proto-Baltic language (loanwords)
ⓘ
Proto-Germanic language (loanwords) ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | no ISO 639 code (reconstructed language) ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Uralic ⓘ |
| partOf |
Uralic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Uralic language family
|
| reconstructedBy | comparative method ⓘ |
| reconstructedFrom |
Estonian language
ⓘ
Finnish language ⓘ Ingrian language ⓘ Karelian language ⓘ Livonian language ⓘ Veps language ⓘ Votic language ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Baltic Sea coast region
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltic Sea region (prehistory)
|
| status | extinct (prehistoric, unattested) ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Uralic studies
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Finnic languages ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Finnic branch of Uralic ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late Proto-Uralic to early 1st millennium CE (approximate scholarly reconstruction) ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.