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The reconstructed proto-language of the language family is [[Proto-Sinatolean]], which was spoken around 300 CE-400 CE before diverging into first the Southern languages and the Naéllang languages around 400 CE, then between the Southern languages and the Sinat’ languages around 600 CE and finally into the Central languages around 800 CE. | The reconstructed proto-language of the language family is [[Proto-Sinatolean]], which was spoken around 300 CE-400 CE before diverging into first the Southern languages and the Naéllang languages around 400 CE, then between the Southern languages and the Sinat’ languages around 600 CE and finally into the Central languages around 800 CE. | ||
Although Sinatolean is by far the most spoken Sinatolean language, and also where the family gets its name, there are other major Sinatolean languages: [[Mowinda-Moyeng]], with 765,000 speakers as of 2024, [[ | Although Sinatolean is by far the most spoken Sinatolean language, and also where the family gets its name, there are other major Sinatolean languages: [[Mowinda-Moyeng]], with 765,000 speakers as of 2024, [[Nillíno]], with 391,000 speakers and [[Mitu Õa]] with 204,000 speakers. | ||
==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
There are three alive branches of the language family, with one extinct(Sinat’). | There are three alive branches of the language family, with one extinct(Sinat’). | ||