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jmdict 1696950 Active (id: 1105753)
祖語
そご
1. [n] {linguistics}
▶ protolanguage
▶ parent language
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1515030 母語【ぼご】 2. protolanguage; parent language
  ⇐ see: 2248670 基語【きご】 1. protolanguage; parent language



History:
2. A 2012-07-27 22:35:08  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5, 新和英中辞典, etc.
  Comments:
All the JEs I consulted say "parent language" or "mother language", but then give examples such as "印欧祖語 Proto-Indo-European".
Obviously the same sense.
  Diff:
@@ -12,4 +12,2 @@
-<gloss>protolanguage (linguistics)</gloss>
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&n;</pos>
+<field>&ling;</field>
+<gloss>protolanguage</gloss>
1. A* 2012-07-27 18:10:32  Dave Iannucci <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/祖語
  Comments:
This is a technical term in historical/comparative linguistics. As such it should definitely show up under the Linguistics dict. I'm not sure what "parent language" means to most people - perhaps this is just someone's poor attempt at a colloquial form of the ling. jargon (it's somewhat inaccurate and misleading in any case, and maybe should be removed).
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +12,4 @@
+<gloss>protolanguage (linguistics)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>

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