Proto-Somali

Proto-Somalis were the ancient people and ancestors of Somalis who lived in present-day Somalia.[1] Literature on proto-Somalis largely uses a time-frame pertaining to the 1st millennium BC and 1st millennium AD.[2]

  1. ^ Somalia - Page 53, Mark DeLancey - 1988
  2. ^ Ali, Mohamed Nuuh (1983). "A linguistic outline of early Somali history" (PDF). Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies. 12 (3). doi:10.5070/F7123017147. ISSN 0041-5715. Retrieved 2020-04-10.