1. Proto-Afroasiatic - Adjective
2. Proto-Afroasiatic - Proper noun
Proto-Afroasiatic
(linguistics) The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Afroasiatic languages.
Proto-Afroasiatic (not comparable)
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to the Proto-Afroasiatic language, or the people who spoke it.
According to Igor M. Diakonoff (1988: 33n), Proto-Afroasiatic was spoken c. 10,000 BC. Source: Internet
Christopher Ehret (2002: 35–36) asserts that Proto-Afroasiatic was spoken c. 11,000 BC at the latest, and possibly as early as c. 16,000 BC. Source: Internet
Estimates of the date at which the Proto-Afroasiatic language was spoken vary widely. Source: Internet
The change from ejective to plain consonants in Proto-Afroasiatic is apparently regular in grammatical words (Kaiser and Shevoroshkin 1988; see also */tV/ instead of */tʼV/ above). Source: Internet
Only the consonants are given of Proto-Afroasiatic roots (see above). Source: Internet