Langenesis

Niger-Congo family

Proto-Yoruboid

c. 1,000 BCE – 500 CE Reconstructed

Proto-Yoruboid (c. 1,000 BCE – 500 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-Volta-Niger → Proto-Yoruboid.

See Proto-Yoruboid on the interactive map

Ancestor of the Yoruboid languages (Yoruba, Itsekiri, Igala). Dating is a rough estimate from lexicostatistics.

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
  4. Proto-Yoruboidc. 1,000 BCE – 500 CE

Descendants 2

Sister languages 3

Also descended from Proto-Volta-Niger.

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