Niger-Congo family
Klao
c. 1000 CE – today Living
Klao (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Niger-Congo language. Lineage: Proto-Niger-Congo → Proto-Atlantic-Congo → Proto-Kru → Klao.
See Klao on the interactive map- Speakers
- 200K (200,000)
- ISO 639-3
- klu
Western Kru language of the Liberian coast, historically associated with Kru seamen.
Lineage
- Proto-Niger-Congoc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
- Proto-Atlantic-Congoc. 7,000 BCE – 5,000 BCE
- Proto-Kruc. 2,000 BCE – 0 CE
- Klaoc. 1000 CE – today
Sister languages 1
Also descended from Proto-Kru.