Proto-Slavic language

E74203

Indo-European language Slavic language proto-language reconstructed language

Proto-Slavic language is the reconstructed common ancestor of all modern Slavic languages, spoken by early Slavic peoples before their linguistic diversification.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Proto-Slavic	9
Proto-Slavic language canonical	7
Proto Slavic	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T582018 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Proto-Slavic language
Context triple: [Slavic languages, historicalAncestor, Proto-Slavic language]

A. Balto-Slavic languages
The Balto-Slavic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family that includes the Baltic and Slavic languages, such as Russian, Polish, and Lithuanian.
B. Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic is the reconstructed common ancestor of all Germanic languages, including English, German, and the Norse languages.
C. Slavic languages
Slavic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken primarily in Eastern and Central Europe, known for features such as rich consonant clusters, aspectual verb systems, and extensive case inflection.
D. East Slavic languages
East Slavic languages are a branch of the Slavic language family that includes major languages such as Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian, spoken primarily in Eastern Europe.
E. Old East Slavic
Old East Slavic was the medieval East Slavic language spoken in Kievan Rus', from which the modern Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian languages developed.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Proto-Slavic language
Target entity description: Proto-Slavic language is the reconstructed common ancestor of all modern Slavic languages, spoken by early Slavic peoples before their linguistic diversification.

A. Balto-Slavic languages
The Balto-Slavic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family that includes the Baltic and Slavic languages, such as Russian, Polish, and Lithuanian.
B. Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic is the reconstructed common ancestor of all Germanic languages, including English, German, and the Norse languages.
C. Slavic languages
Slavic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken primarily in Eastern and Central Europe, known for features such as rich consonant clusters, aspectual verb systems, and extensive case inflection.
D. East Slavic languages
East Slavic languages are a branch of the Slavic language family that includes major languages such as Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian, spoken primarily in Eastern Europe.
E. Old East Slavic
Old East Slavic was the medieval East Slavic language spoken in Kievan Rus', from which the modern Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian languages developed.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-European language ⓘ Slavic language ⓘ proto-language ⓘ reconstructed language ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Common Slavic ⓘ Proto-Slavic language ⓘ surface form: Proto-Slavic
followedBy	Common Slavic dialects ⓘ Church Slavonic ⓘ surface form: Old Church Slavonic language
follows	Proto-Balto-Slavic language ⓘ
hasAncestor	Proto-Balto-Slavic language ⓘ Proto-Indo-European language ⓘ
hasDescendant	Belarusian language ⓘ Bosnian ⓘ surface form: Bosnian language Bulgarian language ⓘ Church Slavonic language ⓘ Croatian ⓘ surface form: Croatian language Czech language ⓘ Kashubian language ⓘ Macedonian language ⓘ Montenegrin language ⓘ Church Slavonic ⓘ surface form: Old Church Slavonic language Middle Czech ⓘ surface form: Old Czech language Old East Slavic language ⓘ Polish language ⓘ surface form: Old Polish language Polish language ⓘ Russian language ⓘ Serbian language ⓘ Silesian language ⓘ Slovak language ⓘ Slovene language ⓘ Sorbian languages ⓘ Ukrainian language ⓘ
hasFeature	aspectual opposition in verbs ⓘ grammatical gender ⓘ mobile accentuation ⓘ palatalization of consonants ⓘ rich inflectional morphology ⓘ satəm-type Indo-European phonology ⓘ seven-case nominal system ⓘ three grammatical numbers ⓘ
hasSubdivision	East Proto-Slavic dialects ⓘ South Proto-Slavic dialects ⓘ West Proto-Slavic dialects ⓘ
influenced	Old Church Slavonic language ⓘ
partOf	Balto-Slavic languages ⓘ surface form: Balto-Slavic branch
reconstructedBy	comparative method ⓘ
spokenBy	early Slavs ⓘ
spokenIn	Central Europe ⓘ Eastern Europe ⓘ parts of the Balkans ⓘ
studiedIn	Slavic linguistics ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf	Balto-Slavic languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
timePeriod	1st millennium CE ⓘ late Proto-Slavic around 6th–9th centuries CE ⓘ
writingSystem	no native writing system ⓘ

How these facts were elicited