Maps of West Chadic
The Inter-Saharan Hypothesis (Blench)
The Inter-Saharan Hypothesis
Map Creator: Roger Blench
Source: Archeology, Language, and the African Past. 2006. Lanham: AltaMira Press. p. 162.
Date Created: 2006 (Blench)
Map Description:
This map illustrates the Inter-Saharan Hypothesis proposed by Roger Blench. This model emphasizes that the common agripastoral vocabulary shared by Cushitic pastoralists and Chadic speakers, along with the widespread archeological evidence of Cushitic migrations, explains their influence on the Afroasiatic language family. It differs from other postulations surrounding Afroasiatic because it focuses on east to west movement and its consequences, rather than exclusively on those which stemmed from North Africa and moved south, for which much more evidence is documented.
Other resources related to this project:
Early Dispersal of Afroasiatic (Blench)
Later Dispersal of Afroasiatic (Blench)
Source: Archeology, Language, and the African Past. 2006. Lanham: AltaMira Press. p. 162.
Date Created: 2006 (Blench)
Map Description:
This map illustrates the Inter-Saharan Hypothesis proposed by Roger Blench. This model emphasizes that the common agripastoral vocabulary shared by Cushitic pastoralists and Chadic speakers, along with the widespread archeological evidence of Cushitic migrations, explains their influence on the Afroasiatic language family. It differs from other postulations surrounding Afroasiatic because it focuses on east to west movement and its consequences, rather than exclusively on those which stemmed from North Africa and moved south, for which much more evidence is documented.
Other resources related to this project:
Early Dispersal of Afroasiatic (Blench)
Later Dispersal of Afroasiatic (Blench)
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