Langenesis

Niger-Congo family

Tshivenda

c. 1500 CE – today Living

Tshivenda (c. 1500 CE – today) is a living Niger-Congo language. Lineage: Proto-Niger-Congo → Proto-Atlantic-Congo → Proto-Benue-Congo → Proto-Bantu → Tshivenda.

See Tshivenda on the interactive map
Speakers
1.3M (1,300,000)
ISO 639-3
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Southern Bantu (Guthrie S21) language of Limpopo, South Africa, and Zimbabwe; sometimes linked to Shona.

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. Tshivendac. 1500 CE – today

Sister languages 21

Also descended from Proto-Bantu.

Sources