Langenesis

Niger-Congo family

Proto-Atlantic-Congo

c. 7,000 BCE – 5,000 BCE Reconstructed

Proto-Atlantic-Congo (c. 7,000 BCE – 5,000 BCE) is a reconstructed Niger-Congo language. It has 53 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Niger-Congo → Proto-Atlantic-Congo.

See Proto-Atlantic-Congo on the interactive map

Hypothetical ancestor of the core of Niger-Congo, excluding Mande, Dogon, Ijoid and Kordofanian. Dating is speculative and follows from the contested dating of Proto-Niger-Congo.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Niger-Congoc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Atlantic-Congoc. 7,000 BCE – 5,000 BCE

Descendants 7

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Niger-Congo.

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