Langenesis

Sino-Tibetan family

Classical Tibetan

c. 900 CE – 1900 CE Classical

Classical Tibetan (c. 900 CE – 1900 CE) is a classical Sino-Tibetan language. It has 2 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Sino-Tibetan → Proto-Tibeto-Burman → Old Tibetan → Classical Tibetan.

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ISO 639-3
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Literary standard shaped by the 9th c. orthographic reforms and Buddhist translation work; still used as the liturgical and scholarly language of Tibetan Buddhism. End date marks the rise of modern written registers.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Sino-Tibetanc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Tibeto-Burmanc. 2,500 BCE – 1,000 BCE
  3. Old Tibetanc. 650 CE – 1000 CE
  4. Classical Tibetanc. 900 CE – 1900 CE

Descendants 2

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