Indo-European family

Lycian

c. 500 BCE – 300 BCE Extinct

Lycian (c. 500 BCE – 300 BCE) is an extinct Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Anatolian → Lycian.

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ISO 639-3
xlc

Luwic language of southwestern Anatolia, written in its own alphabet.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Anatolianc. 3,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE
  3. Lycianc. 500 BCE – 300 BCE

Sister languages 5

Also descended from Proto-Anatolian.

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