Tungusic family

Proto-Tungusic

c. 0 CE – 800 CE Reconstructed

Proto-Tungusic (c. 0 CE – 800 CE) is the reconstructed ancestor of the Tungusic language family, with 6 descendant languages and stages on the map.

See Proto-Tungusic on the interactive map

Reconstructed ancestor of the Tungusic languages, probably in the middle Amur basin. Dating is uncertain (from ~500 BCE to ~500 CE); links to Mongolic and Turkic ("Altaic") remain contested.

Descendants 4

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