List of proto-languages

Below is a partial list of proto-languages that have been reconstructed, ordered by geographic location.

## Africa

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* Proto-Afroasiatic
* Proto-Semitic
* Proto-Cushitic
* Proto-Berber
* Proto-Chadic
* Proto-Omotic
* Proto-Niger–Congo
* Proto-Bantu
* Proto-Yoruboid

## Europe

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* Proto-Basque
* Proto-Northwest Caucasian
* Proto-Abazgi
* Proto-Circassian
* Proto-Northeast Caucasian
* Proto-Indo-European
* Proto-Albanian
* Proto-Greek
* Proto-Balto-Slavic
* Proto-Baltic
* Proto-Slavic
* Proto-Celtic
* Common Brittonic
* Proto-Germanic
* Proto-Norse
* Proto-Italic
* Proto-Romance
* Common Romanian
* Proto-Uralic
* Proto-Finno-Ugric [ru]
* Proto-Finnic (Proto-Balto-Finnic)
* Proto-Samic

## West Asia

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Proto-Afroasiatic

* Proto-Semitic
* Proto-Arabic

Proto-Indo-European

* Proto-Anatolian
* Proto-Armenian
* Proto-Indo-Iranian
* Proto-Iranian

Proto-Kartvelian

* Proto-Georgian-Zan

## North and Central Asia

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* Proto-Turkic
* Proto-Mongolic
* Proto-Tungusic
* Proto-Yeniseian
* Proto-Uralic
* Proto-Finno-Ugric [ru]
* Proto-Mordvinic
* Proto-Permic
* Proto-Mansi
* Proto-Khanty
* Proto-Samoyed
* Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan
* Proto-Indo-European
* Proto-Tocharian
* Proto-Indo-Iranian
* Proto-Iranian
* Proto-Ainu

## South Asia

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* Proto-Dravidian
* Proto-South Dravidian
* Proto-Indo-European
* Proto-Indo-Iranian
* Proto-Indo-Aryan
* Early Romani
* Proto-Nuristani

## Asian Pacific Rim

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* Proto-Pama–Nyungan
* Proto-Arandic
* Proto-Thura-Yura
* Proto-Trans–New Guinea (list)
* Proto-Austronesian (list)
* Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
* Proto-Malayic
* Proto-Philippine
* Proto-Oceanic
* Proto-Central Pacific language
* Proto-Polynesian
* Proto-Admiralty Islands
* Proto-Temotu language
* Proto-Micronesian language
* Proto-Torres–Banks language
* Proto-Koreanic
* Proto-Japonic
* Proto-Kra–Dai
* Proto-Kra (list)
* Proto-Kam–Sui (list)
* Proto-Tai (list)
* Proto-Hlai (list)
* Proto-Sino-Tibetan
* Proto-Sinitic
* Proto-Min
* Proto-Tibeto-Burman (list)
* Proto-Loloish
* Proto-Karenic
* Proto-Hmong–Mien (list)
* Proto-Hmongic (list)
* Proto-Mienic (list)
* Proto-Austroasiatic
* Proto-Aslian (list)
* Proto-Khmeric (list)
* Proto-Palaungic (list)
* Proto-Viet-Muong
* Proto-Munda

## Americas

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* Proto-Eskimo–Aleut
* Proto-Eskimo
* Proto-Inuit
* Proto-Algic
* Proto-Algonquian
* Proto-Muskogean
* Proto-Iroquoian
* Proto-Uto-Aztecan
* Proto-Nahuan
* Proto-Mayan
* Proto-Mixe–Zoquean language
* Proto-Totonacan language
* Proto-Na-Dené
* Proto-Athabaskan
* Proto-Oto-Manguean [es]
* Proto-Otomí [es]
* Proto-Mixtecan [es]
* Proto-Mixtec [es]
* Proto-Tucanoan [ru]
* Proto-Tupian
* Proto-Macro-Jê [pt]
* Proto-Arawakan [pt]
* Proto-Siouan

## Macrofamily reconstructions

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These are hypothetical proto-languages that cannot be substantiated using the scientific methods of comparative linguistics.

* Proto-Altaic
* Proto-Borean
* Proto-Eurasiatic
* Proto-Ural-Altaic
* Proto-Austric
* Proto-Amerind
* Proto-Human language