Langenesis

Afro-Asiatic family

Classical Arabic

500 CE – 1500 CE Classical

Classical Arabic (500 CE – 1500 CE) is a classical Afro-Asiatic language. It has 8 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Afro-Asiatic → Proto-Semitic → Proto-West Semitic → Proto-Central Semitic → Old Arabic → Classical Arabic.

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ISO 639-3
arb

The Quranic and post-classical literary register, codified in the early Islamic period from the prestige Hijazi dialect. The basis for Modern Standard Arabic.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Afro-Asiaticc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Semiticc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  3. Proto-West Semiticc. 3,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE
  4. Proto-Central Semiticc. 2,500 BCE – 1,500 BCE
  5. Old Arabicc. 800 BCE – 500 CE
  6. Classical Arabic500 CE – 1500 CE

Descendants 7

Sources