Langenesis

Eskimo-Aleut family

Proto-Eskimo-Aleut

c. 4,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE Reconstructed

Proto-Eskimo-Aleut (c. 4,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE) is the reconstructed ancestor of the Eskimo-Aleut language family, with 7 descendant languages and stages on the map.

See Proto-Eskimo-Aleut on the interactive map

Reconstructed ancestor of Eskimo–Aleut, probably spoken around the Bering Strait. The Aleut–Eskimo split is estimated at about 4000 years ago. Links to Uralic or Chukotko-Kamchatkan have been proposed but not demonstrated.

Descendants 2

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