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Proto-Inupik

Proto-Inupik proper noun: a hypothetical prehistoric ancestor of all Inuit languages, including Greenlandic, Inuktitut and Inupiak.

Proper noun

Proto-Inupik

  1. A hypothetical prehistoric ancestor of all Inuit languages, including Greenlandic, Inuktitut and Inupiak.

Origin of Proto-Inupik

From proto- + Inupik.

Questions about Proto-Inupik

What does Proto-Inupik mean?
Proto-Inupik means a hypothetical prehistoric ancestor of all Inuit languages, including Greenlandic, Inuktitut and Inupiak.
What part of speech is Proto-Inupik?
Proto-Inupik is a proper noun.

Words near Proto-Inupik in the dictionary

  1. Proto-Indo-Iranians
  2. proto-industrialization
  3. proto-industries
  4. proto-industry
  5. Proto-Inuit
  6. Proto-Inupik
  7. Proto-Iranian
  8. Proto-Iranians
  9. proto-iron
  10. Proto-Isaiah
  11. Proto-Italic

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