Indo-European family

Asturian

c. 900 CE – today Living

Asturian (c. 900 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Italic → … → Latin → Vulgar Latin → Asturian.

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Speakers
350K (350,000)
ISO 639-3
ast
Glottocode
astu1245

Asturleonese variety descended from medieval Leonese. Glottolog code covers Asturian-Leonese-Cantabrian.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1,500 BCE – 700 BCE
  3. Proto-Latino-Faliscanc. 1,000 BCE – 700 BCE
  4. Old Latinc. 700 BCE – 100 BCE
  5. Latin100 BCE – 300 CE
  6. Vulgar Latin300 CE – 800 CE
  7. Asturianc. 900 CE – today

Sister languages 20

Also descended from Vulgar Latin.

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