Indo-European family
Bactrian
c. 300 BCE – 900 CE Extinct
Bactrian (c. 300 BCE – 900 CE) is an extinct Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-Iranian → Proto-Iranian → Bactrian.
See Bactrian on the interactive map- ISO 639-3
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- Glottocode
- bact1239
Eastern Middle Iranian of Bactria, written in Greek script; official language of the Kushan Empire (Rabatak inscription).
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2,500 BCE – 1,800 BCE
- Proto-Iranianc. 1,800 BCE – 1,000 BCE
- Bactrianc. 300 BCE – 900 CE
Sister languages 16
Also descended from Proto-Iranian.