Langenesis

Afro-Asiatic family

Proto-Omotic

c. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE Reconstructed

Proto-Omotic (c. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE) is a reconstructed Afro-Asiatic language. It has 1 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Afro-Asiatic → Proto-Omotic.

See Proto-Omotic on the interactive map

Reconstructed ancestor of the Omotic languages of southwestern Ethiopia. Both the unity of Omotic and its membership in Afro-Asiatic are disputed.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Afro-Asiaticc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Omoticc. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE

Descendants 1

Sister languages 5

Also descended from Proto-Afro-Asiatic.

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