Langenesis

Uto-Aztecan family

Proto-Nahuan

c. 400 CE – 900 CE Reconstructed

Proto-Nahuan (c. 400 CE – 900 CE) is a reconstructed Uto-Aztecan language. It has 3 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Uto-Aztecan → Proto-Nahuan.

See Proto-Nahuan on the interactive map

Ancestor of the Nahuan (Aztecan) branch. Its speakers are thought to have moved south into central Mexico during the first millennium CE.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Uto-Aztecanc. 3,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Nahuanc. 400 CE – 900 CE

Descendants 2

Sister languages 4

Also descended from Proto-Uto-Aztecan.

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