+A **Reconstructed Language** is a hypothetical ancestral tongue, its forms deduced through the careful comparison of attested descendant languages using the [comparative method](/wiki/comparative_method). It helps scholars map the ancient past of human speech, often revealing [proto-languages](/wiki/proto-language) that bind diverse modern tongues.
+## See also
+- [Historical Linguistics](/wiki/historical_linguistics)
+- [Language Family](/wiki/language_family)
+- [Etymology](/wiki/etymology)
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