Langenesis

Eastern Sudanic family

Proto-Western Nilotic

c. 1,500 BCE – 500 BCE Reconstructed

Proto-Western Nilotic (c. 1,500 BCE – 500 BCE) is a reconstructed Eastern Sudanic language. It has 3 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Eastern Sudanic → Proto-Nilotic → Proto-Western Nilotic.

See Proto-Western Nilotic on the interactive map

Ancestor of Dinka–Nuer and the Luo languages.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Eastern Sudanicc. 6,000 BCE – 4,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Niloticc. 3,000 BCE – 1,500 BCE
  3. Proto-Western Niloticc. 1,500 BCE – 500 BCE

Descendants 3

Sister languages 2

Also descended from Proto-Nilotic.

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