Langenesis

Basque family

Proto-Basque

c. 1,000 BCE – 100 BCE Reconstructed

Proto-Basque (c. 1,000 BCE – 100 BCE) is the reconstructed ancestor of the Basque language family, with 2 descendant languages and stages on the map.

See Proto-Basque on the interactive map

Reconstructed ancestor of Basque (Mitxelena, Trask; Lakarra for earlier stages). Basque is Western Europe's only surviving pre-Indo-European language; claimed external links (Iberian, Caucasian, Vasconic substrate) are unaccepted.

Descendants 1

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