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Levi Gardner Levi Gardner
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2 years ago
Just need help answering the question above.
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2 years ago
A protolanguage is a parent language for many ancient and modern languages.

In historical linguistics, a daughter language is a language descended from another language through a process of genetic descent. Strictly speaking, the metaphor of the mother-daughter relationship can lead to misconceptualization of language history, as daughter languages are normally direct continuations of earlier stages, not separate entities in any way "born" to a parent who eventually dies.

For example:

  • English is a daughter language of Proto-Germanic, which is a daughter language of Proto-Indo-European.
  • The languages of Italian and French are daughter languages of (Vulgar) Latin, which is a daughter language of Proto-Indo-European.
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