Langenesis

Indo-European family

Konkani

c. 1100 CE – today Living

Konkani (c. 1100 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-Iranian → Proto-Indo-Aryan → Vedic Sanskrit → Maharashtri Prakrit → Konkani.

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Speakers
2.3M (2,300,000)
ISO 639-3
kok

Southern Indo-Aryan of the Konkan coast (Goa); official language of Goa. ISO code is the Konkani macrolanguage.

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. Maharashtri Prakritc. 300 BCE – 800 CE
  6. Konkanic. 1100 CE – today

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Maharashtri Prakrit.

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