Langenesis

Indo-European family

Ancient Greek

1,100 BCE – 300 BCE Classical

Ancient Greek (1,100 BCE – 300 BCE) is a classical Indo-European language. It has 6 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Hellenic → Ancient Greek.

See Ancient Greek on the interactive map
ISO 639-3
grc
Glottocode
anci1242

Covers the Dark Age, Archaic, and Classical periods; Mycenaean Greek is a separate node. Multiple dialects: Attic, Ionic, Doric, Aeolic.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2,200 BCE – 1,500 BCE
  3. Ancient Greek1,100 BCE – 300 BCE

Descendants 2

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Hellenic.

Sources