Langenesis

Na-Dene family

Proto-Apachean

c. 1000 CE – 1400 CE Reconstructed

Proto-Apachean (c. 1000 CE – 1400 CE) is a reconstructed Na-Dene language. It has 2 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Na-Dene → Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak → Proto-Athabaskan → Proto-Apachean.

See Proto-Apachean on the interactive map

Ancestor of the Southern Athabaskan (Apachean) languages. Its speakers migrated from the north and reached the Southwest around 1400-1500 CE.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Na-Denec. 3,000 BCE – 1,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Athabaskan-Eyakc. 1,500 BCE – 500 BCE
  3. Proto-Athabaskanc. 500 BCE – 500 CE
  4. Proto-Apacheanc. 1000 CE – 1400 CE

Descendants 2

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Athabaskan.

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