protolang

Definitions

1. A constructed ancestor language from which other naturalistic conlangs are descended (actually or retroactively).
2. Clipping of proto-language.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

Examples

“I created a protolang (consisting mainly of phonology and inflections) to ensure realistic mutations.”

“Then at one point⟳ I wanted to add⟳ head-marking to the language to mark⟳ tenses. In my initial sketch⟳, this head-marking would have⟳ features of a "real" verb, a kind of calcified form⟳ from an ancestral verb in the protolang, kinda like⟳ how English uses "was" to mark⟳ past tense ("I was going to the market", "I was reading yeserday").”

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