Proto-Eskimo language
Encyclopedia
Proto-Eskimo was the ancestor of all the Eskimo languages. A reconstruction
of the Proto-Eskimo sound system can be found in Fortescue et al. 1994:xi.
Linguistic reconstruction
Linguistic reconstruction is the practice of establishing the features of the unattested ancestor of one or more given languages. There are two kinds of reconstruction. Internal reconstruction uses irregularities in a single language to make inferences about an earlier stage of that language...
of the Proto-Eskimo sound system can be found in Fortescue et al. 1994:xi.
See also
- Proto-Eskimo–Aleut language