Langenesis

Niger-Congo family

Proto-Kru

c. 2,000 BCE – 0 CE Reconstructed

Proto-Kru (c. 2,000 BCE – 0 CE) is a reconstructed Niger-Congo language. It has 2 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Niger-Congo → Proto-Atlantic-Congo → Proto-Kru.

See Proto-Kru on the interactive map

Ancestor of the Kru languages of Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire. Kru's position within Atlantic-Congo (often grouped in Volta-Congo) is not settled.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Niger-Congoc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Atlantic-Congoc. 7,000 BCE – 5,000 BCE
  3. Proto-Kruc. 2,000 BCE – 0 CE

Descendants 2

Sister languages 6

Also descended from Proto-Atlantic-Congo.

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