Langenesis

Northwest Caucasian family

Proto-Circassian

c. 1,000 BCE – 1300 CE Reconstructed

Proto-Circassian (c. 1,000 BCE – 1300 CE) is a reconstructed Northwest Caucasian language. It has 2 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Northwest Caucasian → Proto-Circassian.

See Proto-Circassian on the interactive map

Ancestor of Adyghe (West Circassian) and Kabardian (East Circassian). Date of the split is uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Northwest Caucasianc. 3,000 BCE – 1,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Circassianc. 1,000 BCE – 1300 CE

Descendants 2

Sister languages 2

Also descended from Proto-Northwest Caucasian.

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