Noun: Centum language
- An Indo-European language that shows distinctive preservation of the Proto-Indo-European labiovelars and that shows a historical development of velar articulations, as the sounds /k/ or /kʰ/ (‘kh’) from Proto-Indo-European palatal phonemes
"The Centum languages show characteristic plain velars and labiovelars articulated at the back of the mouth in inherited Indo-European lexical items"
Type of: Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite
Encyclopedia: Centum language