Langenesis

Indo-European family

Crimean Gothic

c. 800 CE – 1800 CE Extinct

Crimean Gothic (c. 800 CE – 1800 CE) is an extinct Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Germanic → Gothic → Crimean Gothic.

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Known almost only from a word list recorded by Busbecq in the 1560s. Whether it descends directly from Wulfila's Gothic is debated.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE – 500 CE
  3. Gothicc. 300 CE – 800 CE
  4. Crimean Gothicc. 800 CE – 1800 CE

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