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The 27 pages that link to Proto-language, each with the reason it gives.

• CognateNarrower topic: Cognates are traced back to a shared ancestral form in a proto-language.

• EtymologyNarrower topic: Reconstructed ancestors supply origins for words shared across related languages.

• Proto-Indo-EuropeansNarrower topic: Proto-Indo-European is a major example of a reconstructed proto-language.

• Sino-Tibetan languagesNarrower topic: The family’s proposed ancestors are inferred rather than directly attested.

• Indigenous languages of the AmericasNarrower topic: Comparative linguists infer ancestral languages to trace family histories beyond written evidence.

• Linguistic paleontologyNarrower topic: Its reconstructed lexicon is the primary evidence linguistic paleontology interprets.

• Proto-Bantu languageNarrower topic: Proto-Bantu is one reconstructed ancestor within the broader concept of proto-languages.

• Indo-European sound lawsNarrower topic: Indo-European sound laws describe changes from a shared ancestral system.

• Linguistic reconstructionNarrower topic: Reconstruction aims to describe the unattested ancestor behind related languages.

• Sound correspondenceNarrower topic: Correspondences can reveal sounds in a shared ancestor that no longer survive unchanged.

• Nostratic languagesNarrower topic: Proto-Nostratic is proposed as an ancestor above the established proto-languages.

• Language divergenceNarrower topic: The shared ancestor provides a baseline for identifying changes that accumulated after languages separated.

• Proto-Polynesian languageNarrower topic: Proto-Polynesian is one such inferred ancestor, not a directly recorded language.

• Kra–Dai languagesNarrower topic: The family’s early history depends on what comparative evidence can reconstruct confidently.

• Sun Language TheoryNarrower topic: Sun Language Theory made Turkish the proposed ancestor of all languages, far beyond ordinary family reconstruction.