Proto-Afroasiatic language

E671842

Proto-Afroasiatic is the hypothetical reconstructed common ancestor of the Afroasiatic language family, which includes branches such as Semitic, Berber, Cushitic, Chadic, and Omotic.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Proto-Afroasiatic 2
Proto-Afroasiatic language canonical 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hypothetical language
proto-language
reconstructed language
ancestorOf Afroasiatic languages NERFINISHED
Berber languages NERFINISHED
Chadic languages NERFINISHED
Cushitic languages NERFINISHED
Egyptian language NERFINISHED
Omotic languages NERFINISHED
Semitic languages
fieldOfStudy Afroasiatic linguistics NERFINISHED
historical linguistics
hasAlternativeName Common Afroasiatic
Proto-Afrasian NERFINISHED
Proto-Hamito-Semitic NERFINISHED
hasDescendant Proto-Berber language NERFINISHED
Proto-Chadic language
Proto-Cushitic language
Proto-Egyptian language NERFINISHED
Proto-Omotic language
Proto-Semitic language
hasFeature consonantal roots (reconstructed)
emphatic consonants (reconstructed)
feminine gender marker *-t (reconstructed)
grammatical gender (reconstructed)
laryngeal consonants (reconstructed)
pharyngeal consonants (reconstructed)
prefix conjugation (reconstructed)
root-and-pattern morphology (reconstructed)
singular-plural number distinction (reconstructed)
suffix conjugation (reconstructed)
tri-consonantal roots (reconstructed, debated)
hasLexicalDomain agriculture vocabulary (reconstructed)
domestic animals vocabulary (reconstructed)
pastoralism vocabulary (reconstructed)
hasUncertainty chronology debated
homeland location debated
phoneme inventory reconstruction debated
partOf Afroasiatic language family NERFINISHED
reconstructedBy comparative method
spokenIn prehistoric Near East (hypothetical)
prehistoric North Africa (hypothetical)
prehistoric Northeast Africa (hypothetical)
studiedBy Alexander Militarev NERFINISHED
Christopher Ehret NERFINISHED
Igor Diakonoff NERFINISHED
Olga Stolbova NERFINISHED
Vladimir Orel NERFINISHED
timePeriod Neolithic (hypothetical)
early Holocene (hypothetical)

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tacenwit hasAncestor Proto-Afroasiatic language
Edomite language hasAncestor Proto-Afroasiatic language
Dass hasAncestor Proto-Afroasiatic language
this entity surface form: Proto-Afroasiatic
Barawa hasAncestor Proto-Afroasiatic language
this entity surface form: Proto-Afroasiatic