Proto-Yoruboid language

Proto-Yoruboid
Proto-Yoruboid
Reconstruction of	Yoruboid languages
Region	Confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers
Era	c. 2500 BCE – c. 300 BCE
Reconstructed; ancestor	Proto-Defoid; Proto-YEAI; Proto-Niger–Congo

Proto-Yoruboid is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Yoruboid languages, a subgroup of the Volta-Niger languages. It was likely spoken in what is now Nigeria and the confluence of the Niger River and Benue River. The ancestors of the Proto-Yoruboid speakers lived in the southern part of the Niger River Valley region for over three millennia. It split off from its neighbors in Volta-Niger about 3,000 years ago during a time of westward migration.^[2]

^ Pozdniakov, Konstantin (31 August 2018). The numeral system of Proto-Niger-Congo: A step-by-step reconstruction. Language Science Press. ISBN 9783961100989.
^ Ogundiran, Akinwunmi (2020). The Yoruba: A New History. Indiana University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctv177thv2. ISBN 9780253051486. S2CID 243643141.

[1] Pozdniakov, Konstantin (31 August 2018). The numeral system of Proto-Niger-Congo: A step-by-step reconstruction. Language Science Press. ISBN 9783961100989.

[auto-2] Ogundiran, Akinwunmi (2020). The Yoruba: A New History. Indiana University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctv177thv2. ISBN 9780253051486. S2CID 243643141.

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