Words: Centum language
Part of speech: n
Definition: 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] from Proto-Indo-European palatal phonemes.
Example: The Centum languages show characteristic plain velars and labiovelars articulated at the back of the mouth in inherited Indo-European lexical items.