Indo-European family

Lepontic

c. 600 BCE – 100 BCE Extinct

Lepontic (c. 600 BCE – 100 BCE) is an extinct Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Celtic → Lepontic.

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ISO 639-3
xlp

Continental Celtic language of the southern Alps; sometimes treated as an early Gaulish dialect.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1,200 BCE – 800 BCE
  3. Leponticc. 600 BCE – 100 BCE

Sister languages 4

Also descended from Proto-Celtic.

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