Langenesis

Niger-Congo family

Proto-Kwa

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

Proto-Kwa (c. 4,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE) is a reconstructed Niger-Congo language. It has 4 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Niger-Congo → Proto-Atlantic-Congo → Proto-Kwa.

See Proto-Kwa on the interactive map

Ancestor of the Kwa languages of southern Ghana, Togo, Benin and Côte d'Ivoire. The composition of Kwa has shifted repeatedly and its unity is debated.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Niger-Congoc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Atlantic-Congoc. 7,000 BCE – 5,000 BCE
  3. Proto-Kwac. 4,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE

Descendants 4

Sister languages 6

Also descended from Proto-Atlantic-Congo.

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