Langenesis

Indo-European family

Kashmiri

c. 1200 CE – today Living

Kashmiri (c. 1200 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-Iranian → Proto-Indo-Aryan → Vedic Sanskrit → Kashmiri.

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Speakers
7M (7,000,000)
ISO 639-3
kas
Glottocode
kash1277

Largest 'Dardic' language. Dardic is a geographic rather than a proven genetic subgroup of Indo-Aryan; Old Kashmiri literature begins with Lalleshwari (14th c.).

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. Kashmiric. 1200 CE – today

Sister languages 9

Also descended from Vedic Sanskrit.

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