Proto-Nilotic

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Nilotic language proto-language reconstructed language

Proto-Nilotic is the reconstructed common ancestor language of the Nilotic language family, from which modern languages like Lak Nuer are derived.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Proto-Nilotic language 2
Proto-Eastern Nilotic 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilotic language ⓘ
proto-language ⓘ
reconstructed language ⓘ
ancestorOf Acholi language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Alur language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dinka language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastern Nilotic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kalenjin languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lango language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Luo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maasai language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nilotic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nuer language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shilluk language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Nilotic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Nilotic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
attestationStatus unattested ⓘ
hasApproximateDating late Holocene ⓘ
several thousand years ago ⓘ
hasDescendant Dinka NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kalenjin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lak Nuer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Luo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maasai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nuer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shilluk NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature complex verbal morphology ⓘ
consonant length contrast ⓘ
noun class or gender distinctions ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
hasWritingSystem none (not directly attested) ⓘ
knownFrom reconstructed lexicon ⓘ
reconstructed morphology ⓘ
reconstructed phonology ⓘ
partOf Eastern Sudanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
reconstructedBy comparative method ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
reconstructedFrom Eastern Nilotic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Nilotic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Nilotic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenInPrehistoryOf East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upper Nile region NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedIn Nilotic comparative linguistics ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Gawar Nuer → hasAncestor → Proto-Nilotic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Nilotic language
Lak Nuer → hasAncestor → Proto-Nilotic ⓘ
Padang Dinka → hasAncestor → Proto-Nilotic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Nilotic language
Eastern Nilotic languages → hasProtoLanguage → Proto-Nilotic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Eastern Nilotic