Langenesis

Afro-Asiatic family

Proto-Northwest Semitic

c. 2,000 BCE – 1,200 BCE Reconstructed

Proto-Northwest Semitic (c. 2,000 BCE – 1,200 BCE) is a reconstructed Afro-Asiatic language. It has 13 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Afro-Asiatic → Proto-Semitic → Proto-West Semitic → Proto-Central Semitic → Proto-Northwest Semitic.

See Proto-Northwest Semitic on the interactive map

Reconstructed ancestor of Ugaritic, the Canaanite languages (Hebrew, Phoenician, Moabite) and Aramaic. Whether Ugaritic is Canaanite or a separate branch is debated.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Afro-Asiaticc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Semiticc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  3. Proto-West Semiticc. 3,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE
  4. Proto-Central Semiticc. 2,500 BCE – 1,500 BCE
  5. Proto-Northwest Semiticc. 2,000 BCE – 1,200 BCE

Descendants 4

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Central Semitic.

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