Langenesis

Niger-Congo family

Proto-Sotho-Tswana

c. 500 CE – 1500 CE Reconstructed

Proto-Sotho-Tswana (c. 500 CE – 1500 CE) is a reconstructed Niger-Congo language. It has 2 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Niger-Congo → Proto-Atlantic-Congo → Proto-Benue-Congo → Proto-Bantu → Proto-Sotho-Tswana.

See Proto-Sotho-Tswana on the interactive map

Ancestor of the Sotho-Tswana group (Guthrie S30): Sesotho, Setswana and Sepedi. Dating is approximate.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Niger-Congoc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Atlantic-Congoc. 7,000 BCE – 5,000 BCE
  3. Proto-Benue-Congoc. 5,000 BCE – 3,500 BCE
  4. Proto-Bantuc. 3,000 BCE – 1,000 BCE
  5. Proto-Sotho-Tswanac. 500 CE – 1500 CE

Descendants 2

Sister languages 21

Also descended from Proto-Bantu.

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