Langenesis

Niger-Congo family

Proto-Gur

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

Proto-Gur (c. 3,000 BCE – 1,000 BCE) is a reconstructed Niger-Congo language. It has 2 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Niger-Congo → Proto-Atlantic-Congo → Proto-Gur.

See Proto-Gur on the interactive map

Ancestor of the Gur (Voltaic) languages of Burkina Faso, northern Ghana and neighbouring countries. Part of the contested Volta-Congo grouping; dating is rough.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Niger-Congoc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Atlantic-Congoc. 7,000 BCE – 5,000 BCE
  3. Proto-Gurc. 3,000 BCE – 1,000 BCE

Descendants 2

Sister languages 6

Also descended from Proto-Atlantic-Congo.

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