Wiktionary
                    proto-languages
                    
                        
                
                                                                    n. (proto-language English)
Usage examples of "proto-languages".
Cavernous cathedrals of sombre brine would echo with the sonnets of ancient metacetacean proto-languages one day and be gone the next, replaced by mysterious labyrinths of liquid tubes and globular spaces, ringing with the chatter of dolphins.