Langenesis

Afro-Asiatic family

Proto-East Cushitic

c. 3,000 BCE – 1,000 BCE Reconstructed

Proto-East Cushitic (c. 3,000 BCE – 1,000 BCE) is a reconstructed Afro-Asiatic language. It has 4 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Afro-Asiatic → Proto-Cushitic → Proto-East Cushitic.

See Proto-East Cushitic on the interactive map

Ancestor of Lowland East Cushitic (Oromo, Somali, Afar) and Highland East Cushitic (Sidama). The coherence of East Cushitic as a whole is debated.

Lineage

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

Descendants 4

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Cushitic.

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