Langenesis

Afro-Asiatic family

Proto-Cushitic

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

Proto-Cushitic (c. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE) is a reconstructed Afro-Asiatic language. It has 6 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Afro-Asiatic → Proto-Cushitic.

See Proto-Cushitic on the interactive map

Reconstructed ancestor of the Cushitic branch of the Horn of Africa. Dating is speculative; the unity of Cushitic (especially the position of Beja) has been questioned.

Lineage

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

Descendants 2

Sister languages 5

Also descended from Proto-Afro-Asiatic.

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