Langenesis

Algic family

Proto-Algic

c. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE Reconstructed

Proto-Algic (c. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE) is the reconstructed ancestor of the Algic language family, with 13 descendant languages and stages on the map.

See Proto-Algic on the interactive map

Reconstructed ancestor of Algic: Algonquian plus the Californian languages Wiyot and Yurok. Sapir proposed the family (1913) and Haas confirmed it (1958); the homeland is probably on the Columbia Plateau. Dating is very uncertain.

Descendants 3

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