Langenesis

Niger-Congo family

Proto-Manding

c. 500 BCE – 1200 CE Reconstructed

Proto-Manding (c. 500 BCE – 1200 CE) is a reconstructed Niger-Congo language. It has 3 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Niger-Congo → Proto-Mande → Proto-Manding.

See Proto-Manding on the interactive map

Ancestor of the Manding dialect continuum (Bambara, Mandinka, Dyula, Maninka), associated with the rise of the Mali Empire in the 13th century.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Niger-Congoc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Mandec. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
  3. Proto-Mandingc. 500 BCE – 1200 CE

Descendants 3

Sister languages 3

Also descended from Proto-Mande.

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