Langenesis

Afro-Asiatic family

Proto-Berber

c. 1,000 BCE – 0 CE Reconstructed

Proto-Berber (c. 1,000 BCE – 0 CE) is a reconstructed Afro-Asiatic language. It has 5 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Afro-Asiatic → Proto-Berber.

See Proto-Berber on the interactive map

Reconstructed ancestor of the Berber languages. The modern languages are quite close to one another, suggesting a common ancestor only c. 2000–3000 years ago, though the Berber branch itself split from Afro-Asiatic much earlier. Libyco-Berber inscriptions are not tracked here.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Afro-Asiaticc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Berberc. 1,000 BCE – 0 CE

Descendants 5

Sister languages 5

Also descended from Proto-Afro-Asiatic.

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