Langenesis

Niger-Congo family

Proto-Atlantic

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

Proto-Atlantic (c. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE) is a reconstructed Niger-Congo language. It has 3 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Niger-Congo → Proto-Atlantic-Congo → Proto-Atlantic.

See Proto-Atlantic on the interactive map

Ancestor posited for the Atlantic languages of the West African coast. The unity of Atlantic is contested; many scholars split it into North Atlantic and Bak, or treat it as a geographic grouping.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Niger-Congoc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Atlantic-Congoc. 7,000 BCE – 5,000 BCE
  3. Proto-Atlanticc. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE

Descendants 3

Sister languages 6

Also descended from Proto-Atlantic-Congo.

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