Premenian
Premenian is a term used chiefly in speculative and fictional contexts to describe an ancient or protohistoric culture and its language that allegedly preceded later civilizations in a hypothetical homeland called Premenia. The name is a constructed one, formed from the Latin-style prefix pre- with a commonly used ethnonym ending -ian, and it is not tied to a single, universally recognized archaeological culture.
In real-world scholarship, Premenian is not recognized as a distinct, independent culture. When the term appears,
In fantasy novels, games, and speculative histories, Premenians are often depicted as early agriculturalists or hunter-gatherers
Because Premenian is not standardized, references to Premenia or Premenians depend on the creator. The term