Langenesis

Na-Dene family

Proto-Na-Dene

c. 3,000 BCE – 1,500 BCE Reconstructed

Proto-Na-Dene (c. 3,000 BCE – 1,500 BCE) is the reconstructed ancestor of the Na-Dene language family, with 8 descendant languages and stages on the map.

See Proto-Na-Dene on the interactive map

Reconstructed ancestor of Na-Dene (Tlingit plus Athabaskan–Eyak). The dating is highly uncertain. Vajda's Dene–Yeniseian proposal (2008), which links it to Ket in Siberia, is widely discussed but not universally accepted.

Descendants 2

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