Langenesis

Eastern Sudanic family

Proto-Nubian

c. 1,000 BCE – 0 CE Reconstructed

Proto-Nubian (c. 1,000 BCE – 0 CE) is a reconstructed Eastern Sudanic language. It has 2 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Eastern Sudanic → Proto-Nubian.

See Proto-Nubian on the interactive map

Ancestor of the Nubian languages of the Nile valley, Kordofan and Darfur. Nubian belongs to the Northern East Sudanic subgroup; dating is uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Eastern Sudanicc. 6,000 BCE – 4,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Nubianc. 1,000 BCE – 0 CE

Descendants 1

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Eastern Sudanic.

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