This is a list of ancestor languages of modern and ancient languages, detailed for each modern language or its phylogenetic ancestor disappeared. For each language, the list is generally limited to the four or five immediate predecessors.
^Gisaburo N. Kiyose, A Study of the Jurchen Language and Script: Reconstruction and Decipherment. Kyoto: Horitsubunka-sha, 1977. ISBN4-589-00794-0.
^Janhunen, Juha A. (2012): Mongolian. (London Oriental and African Language Library, 19.) Amsterdam: John Benjamin Publishing Company. ISSN1382-3485. ISBN978-90-272-3820-7
^Findley, Carter V. (October 2004). The Turks in World History. Oxford University Press. ISBN0-19-517726-6.
^Jacob, J. M. (1996). The traditional literature of Cambodia: a preliminary guide. London oriental series, v. 40. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN0-19-713612-5
^ abcdeSagart, Laurent (2008), "The expansion of Setaria farmers in East Asia", in Sanchez-Mazas, Alice; Blench, Roger; Ross, Malcolm D.; Ilia, Peiros; Lin, Marie (eds.), Past human migrations in East Asia: matching archaeology, linguistics and genetics, Routledge, pp. 133–157, ISBN978-0-415-39923-4
^ abcBandle, Oskar; Braunmüller, Kurt; Jahr, Ernst Hakon; Karker, Allan; Naumann, Hans-Peter; Teleman, Ulf; Elmevik, Lennart; Widmark, Gun, eds. (2002), The Nordic Languages, An International Handbook on the History of the North Germanic Languages, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin
^ abGeoffrey Horrocks, Greek: A History of the Language and Its Speakers (Longman Linguistics Library). Addison Wesley Publishing Company, 1997. ISBN0-582-30709-0
^ abKoch, John T. (2006). Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO.
^ abAndersen, Henning (1998), "Slavic", in Ramat, Anna Giacalone (ed.), The Indo-European Languages, London and New York: Routledge, ISBN978-0-415-06449-1
^Lloyd, Paul M. 1987. From Latin to Spanish. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society.
^Penny, Ralph. 2002. A history of the Spanish language. Cambridge University Press.