List of proto-languages
Below is a partial list of proto-languages that have been reconstructed, ordered by geographic location.
Africa
[edit]Europe and Western Asia
[edit]- Proto-Northwest Caucasian
- Proto-Kartvelian
- Proto-Basque
- Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Afroasiatic
- Proto-Northeast Caucasian
- Proto-Uralic
- Proto-Finno-Ugric
- Proto-Finnic (Proto-Balto-Finnic)
- Proto-Samic
North and Central Asia
[edit]- Proto-Turkic
- Proto-Mongolic
- Proto-Tungusic
- Proto-Koreanic
- Proto-Japonic
- Proto-Yeniseian
- Proto-Uralic
- Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan
- Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Ainu
South Asia
[edit]Pacific Rim
[edit]- Proto-Pama–Nyungan
- Proto-Trans–New Guinea (list)
- Proto-Austronesian (list)
- Proto-Kra–Dai
- Proto-Kra (list)
- Proto-Kam–Sui (list)
- Proto-Tai (list)
- Proto-Hlai (list)
- Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- Proto-Hmong–Mien (list)
- Proto-Austroasiatic
Americas
[edit]- Proto-Eskimo–Aleut
- Proto-Algic
- Proto-Muskogean
- Proto-Iroquoian
- Proto-Uto-Aztecan
- Proto-Mayan
- Proto-Mixe–Zoquean language
- Proto-Totonacan language
- Proto-Na-Dené
- Proto-Oto-Manguean
- Proto-Tucanoan
- Proto-Tupian
- Proto-Macro-Jê
- Proto-Arawakan
- Proto-Siouan
Macrofamily reconstructions
[edit]These are hypothetical proto-languages that cannot be substantiated using the scientific methods of comparative linguistics.