Langenesis

Niger-Congo family

Proto-Volta-Niger

c. 4,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE Reconstructed

Proto-Volta-Niger (c. 4,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE) is a reconstructed Niger-Congo language. It has 6 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Niger-Congo → Proto-Atlantic-Congo → Proto-Volta-Niger.

See Proto-Volta-Niger on the interactive map

Ancestor of the Volta-Niger (East Kwa) languages of southern Nigeria and Benin, including Yoruboid, Igboid, Edoid and Nupoid. Dating is speculative.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Niger-Congoc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Atlantic-Congoc. 7,000 BCE – 5,000 BCE
  3. Proto-Volta-Nigerc. 4,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE

Descendants 4

Sister languages 6

Also descended from Proto-Atlantic-Congo.

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