Langenesis

Afro-Asiatic family

Proto-Afro-Asiatic

c. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE Reconstructed

Proto-Afro-Asiatic (c. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE) is the reconstructed ancestor of the Afro-Asiatic language family, with 56 descendant languages and stages on the map.

See Proto-Afro-Asiatic on the interactive map

Reconstructed common ancestor of Afro-Asiatic — Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, Chadic, Omotic. Dating is highly disputed; estimates range from -16000 BCE down to -8000 BCE. Urheimat is similarly contested (Levant vs. Horn of Africa vs. Sahara).

Descendants 6

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