Na-Dene family

Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak

c. 1,500 BCE – 500 BCE Reconstructed

Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak (c. 1,500 BCE – 500 BCE) is a reconstructed Na-Dene language. It has 6 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Na-Dene → Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak.

See Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak on the interactive map

Common ancestor of Eyak and the Athabaskan languages. Krauss's comparative work established this grouping.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Na-Denec. 3,000 BCE – 1,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Athabaskan-Eyakc. 1,500 BCE – 500 BCE

Descendants 2

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Na-Dene.

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