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proto-inupik

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pro-to-in-upik
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A hypothetical prehistoric ancestor of all Inuit languages, including Greenlandic, Inuktitut and Inupiak.

Etymology

From proto- + Inupik.

Word Breakdown

Phrases

The category of Proto-Inuit on Wiktionary

Frequently Paired Words

The category of Proto-Inuit on Wiktionary

Questions

What does proto-inupik mean?
A hypothetical prehistoric ancestor of all Inuit languages, including Greenlandic, Inuktitut and Inupiak.
Where does proto-inupik come from?
From proto- + Inupik.

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