List of proto-languages

Below is a list of proto-languages that have been reconstructed, ordered by geographic location.

Africa

Near East

Eurasia

Proto-Basque language
Proto-Dravidian language
Proto-Indo-European language
- Proto-Anatolian language
- Proto-Illyrian language
- Proto-Albanian language
- Proto-Greek language
- Proto-Thracian language
- Proto-Armenian language
- Proto-Indo-Iranian language
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan language
  - Proto-Iranian language
- Proto-Balto-Slavic language
  - Proto-Baltic language
  - Proto-Slavic language
- Proto-Celtic language
- Proto-Germanic language
  - Proto-Norse language
- Proto-Italic language
  - Latin (attested)
    - Proto-Romance language
      - Proto-Italo–Western Romance language
- Proto-Tocharian language

North Asia

Proto-Turkic language
Proto-Mongolic language
Proto-Korean language
Proto-Japonic language
Proto-Uralic language
- Proto-Finno-Ugric language
- Proto-Finnic language (Proto-Balto-Finnic language)
- Proto-Mordvinic language
- Proto-Permic language
- Proto-Samic language
- Proto-Mansi language
- Proto-Khanty language
- Proto-Samoyed language
Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan language

Pacific Rim

Proto-Pama–Nyungan language
Proto-Austronesian language
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language
  - Proto-Oceanic language
    - Proto-Polynesian language
Proto-Tai–Kadai language
- Proto-Northern Tai–Kadai language
  - Proto-Kra language
  - Proto-Kam–Sui language
- Proto-Southern Tai–Kadai language
  - Proto-Tai language
  - Proto-Hlai language
Proto-Sino-Tibetan language
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman language
  - Proto-Loloish language
Proto-Hmong–Mien language
Proto-Mon–Khmer language

Americas

Macrofamily reconstructions

These are hypothetical proto-languages that cannot be substantiated using the scientific methods of comparative linguistics.

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