Proto-Armenian language

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Proto-Armenian is the reconstructed, unattested ancestral stage of the Armenian language, encompassing its development from Proto-Indo-European to the earliest attestations of Classical Armenian. As Armenian is the sole known member of its branch of the Indo-European languages, its prehistory cannot be reconstructed through direct comparison with closely related languages. Linguists instead combine internal reconstruction with evidence from Proto-Indo-European and other Indo-European branches. Armenian is an independent branch of the Indo-European family and is distinguished by its characteristic phonological changes, including a predominance of satem-like developments, although it is not classified as either a centum or satem language.

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