Langenesis

Afro-Asiatic family

Proto-Chadic

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

Proto-Chadic (c. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE) is a reconstructed Afro-Asiatic language. It has 1 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Afro-Asiatic → Proto-Chadic.

See Proto-Chadic on the interactive map

Reconstructed ancestor of the ~150 Chadic languages around Lake Chad. Dating is speculative.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Afro-Asiaticc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Chadicc. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE

Descendants 1

Sister languages 5

Also descended from Proto-Afro-Asiatic.

Sources