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Proto-Tungusic

Proto-Tungusic proper noun: a hypothetical ancestor language from which all of the Tungusic languages of Siberia, Manchuria, and the Russian Far East are thought to descend.

Proper noun

Proto-Tungusic

  1. A hypothetical ancestor language from which all of the Tungusic languages of Siberia, Manchuria, and the Russian Far East are thought to descend.

Origin of Proto-Tungusic

From proto- + Tungusic.

Questions about Proto-Tungusic

What does Proto-Tungusic mean?
Proto-Tungusic means a hypothetical ancestor language from which all of the Tungusic languages of Siberia, Manchuria, and the Russian Far East are thought to descend.
What part of speech is Proto-Tungusic?
Proto-Tungusic is a proper noun.

Words near Proto-Tungusic in the dictionary

  1. Proto-Tagalic
  2. Proto-Teutonic
  3. proto-titanium
  4. Proto-Tocharian
  5. Proto-Trans-New Guinea
  6. Proto-Tungusic
  7. Proto-Turkic
  8. Proto-Uralic
  9. proto-Uranus
  10. proto-vanadium
  11. proto-Venus

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