Proto-Vietic

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Proto-Vietic is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Vietic branch of the Austroasiatic language family, from which languages like Vietnamese ultimately developed.

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Label Occurrences
Proto-Vietic canonical 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austroasiatic proto-language
proto-language
reconstructed language
ancestorOf Arem language NERFINISHED
Chut languages
Cuoi language
Maleng language NERFINISHED
Mường languages NERFINISHED
Phong language NERFINISHED
Rục language NERFINISHED
Thavung language NERFINISHED
Vietic languages NERFINISHED
Vietnamese NERFINISHED
branchOf Vietic NERFINISHED
developedInto tonal systems in Vietnamese
tonal systems in some Vietic languages
hasDescendant Central Vietnamese
Northern Vietnamese NERFINISHED
Southern Vietnamese
hasFeature complex onsets
final glottal stop
final nasals
final stops
implosive or preglottalized stops (reconstructed)
monophthongal vowel system (reconstructed)
phonation-type distinctions (register)
pre-syllables
register contrast
rich consonant inventory
sesquisyllabic word structure
voicing contrast in initial consonants
hasWritingSystem none (unwritten, reconstructed only)
partOf Austroasiatic language family NERFINISHED
reconstructedBy Ferlus, Michel NERFINISHED
Mark Alves NERFINISHED
Paul Sidwell NERFINISHED
reconstructedFrom Arem data
Chut language data
Maleng data
Mường data
Rục data
Thavung data
Vietnamese data
reconstructionMethod comparative method
relatedTo Proto-Austroasiatic NERFINISHED
Proto-Mon-Khmer NERFINISHED
status not directly attested
studiedIn comparative linguistics
historical linguistics
subdivisionOf Vietic branch
timeDepth early 1st millennium CE (approximate, debated)
late 1st millennium BCE (approximate, debated)

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Input
Subject: Proto-Vietic
Description of subject: Proto-Vietic is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Vietic branch of the Austroasiatic language family, from which languages like Vietnamese ultimately developed.

Referenced by (1)

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

Old Vietnamese hasAncestor Proto-Vietic