List of proto-languages

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

Africa

Europe, Near East, and Caucasus

North Asia

Proto-Altaic
Proto-Uralic
- Proto-Finno-Ugric
- Proto-Finnic (Proto-Balto-Finnic)
- Proto-Mordvinic
- Proto-Permic
- Proto-Samic
- Proto-Mansi
- Proto-Khanty
- Proto-Samoyed
Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan
Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Tocharian

South Asia

Proto-Dravidian
Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Indo-Iranian
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan

Pacific Rim

Proto-Pama–Nyungan
Proto-Trans–New Guinea (list)
Proto-Austronesian (list)
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
  - Proto-Philippine
  - Proto-Oceanic
    - Proto-Polynesian
Proto-Kra–Dai
- Proto-Kra (list)
- Proto-Kam–Sui (list)
- Proto-Tai (list)
- Proto-Hlai (list)
Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- Proto-Sinitic
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman (list)
  - Proto-Loloish
Proto-Hmong–Mien (list)
Proto-Austroasiatic
- Proto-Aslian (list)
- Proto-Khmeric (list)
- Proto-Viet-Muong

Americas

Proto-Eskimo–Aleut
- Proto-Eskimo
Proto-Algic
- Proto-Algonquian
Proto-Iroquoian
Proto-Uto-Aztecan
- Proto-Nahuan
Proto-Mayan
Proto-Na-Dené
Proto-Oto-Manguean
- Proto-Otomí
- Proto-Mixtecan
  - Proto-Mixtec
Proto-Tucanoan
Proto-Tupian
Proto-Macro-Jê

Macrofamily reconstructions

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

Proto Boreal language
Proto-Eurasiatic language
Proto-Indo-Uralic language
Proto-Nostratic language
Proto-Dené-Caucasian
Proto-Human language
Turit (The Tower of Babel language)

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