| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Ursprache |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Ur·spra·che |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   r shprä   |
| NOUN: | See protolanguage. | | ETYMOLOGY: | German : ur-, original (from Middle High German, out of, from Old High German; see ud- in Appendix I) + Sprache, language, speech (from Middle High German spr che, from Old High German sprhha).
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