reconstructed language

English

Noun

reconstructed language (plural reconstructed languages)

1. (linguistics) A hypothetical, usually unattested language formed by making comparisons between the similarities of actual languages.

Translations

a hypothetical language formed by making comparisons between actual languages

• French: langue reconstruite (fr) f
• Galician: lingua reconstruida f
• German: rekonstruierte Sprache f
• Portuguese: idioma reconstruído (pt) m, língua reconstruída f
• Romanian: limbă reconstruită f
• Spanish: lengua reconstruida f
• Swedish: rekonstruerat språk (sv) n

See also

• constructed language
• artificial language
• IAL
• proto-language