English

Etymology
G., from term|ur-|langde + term|Sprache||speech|langde.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'��spr�:k�/, a|foreign IPA|/'u:r�pra:x�/

Noun
en-noun|Ursprach|en

1. A proto-language.

#:*1993, I had lost him. He might have been speaking Ursprache, for all that I understood. � Will Self, My Idea of Fun

Usage notes
Ursprache was the winning word at the 2006 :Wikipedia:Scripps National Spelling Bee|Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Category:Languages
Category:Scripps winning words

de:Ursprache
ru:Ursprache
fi:Ursprache
tr:Ursprache

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