Langenesis

Indo-European family

Koine Greek

300 BCE – 600 CE Extinct

Koine Greek (300 BCE – 600 CE) is an extinct Indo-European language. It has 4 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Hellenic → Ancient Greek → Koine Greek.

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The "common" Greek of the Hellenistic and Roman periods, based on Attic. The language of the New Testament and the Septuagint.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2,200 BCE – 1,500 BCE
  3. Ancient Greek1,100 BCE – 300 BCE
  4. Koine Greek300 BCE – 600 CE

Descendants 1

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Ancient Greek.

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