Langenesis

Indo-European family

Khotanese Saka

c. 300 CE – 1000 CE Extinct

Khotanese Saka (c. 300 CE – 1000 CE) is an extinct Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-Iranian → Proto-Iranian → Khotanese Saka.

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ISO 639-3
kho

Eastern Middle Iranian of the Kingdom of Khotan in the Tarim Basin, preserved in Buddhist manuscripts in Brahmi script (mostly 7th–10th c.).

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2,500 BCE – 1,800 BCE
  3. Proto-Iranianc. 1,800 BCE – 1,000 BCE
  4. Khotanese Sakac. 300 CE – 1000 CE

Sister languages 16

Also descended from Proto-Iranian.

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