Langenesis

Indo-European family

Gandhari

300 BCE – 400 CE Extinct

Gandhari (300 BCE – 400 CE) is an extinct Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-Iranian → Proto-Indo-Aryan → Vedic Sanskrit → Gandhari.

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ISO 639-3
pgd

Northwestern Prakrit of Gandhara, written in Kharoṣṭhī; known from Aśokan edicts, early Buddhist manuscripts, and Niya documents from the Tarim Basin.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2,500 BCE – 1,800 BCE
  3. Proto-Indo-Aryanc. 1,800 BCE – 1,500 BCE
  4. Vedic Sanskritc. 1,500 BCE – 500 BCE
  5. Gandhari300 BCE – 400 CE

Sister languages 9

Also descended from Vedic Sanskrit.

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