Langenesis

Indo-European family

Middle Persian

300 BCE – 900 CE Classical

Middle Persian (300 BCE – 900 CE) is a classical Indo-European language. It has 3 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-Iranian → Proto-Iranian → Old Persian → Middle Persian.

See Middle Persian on the interactive map
ISO 639-3
pal
Glottocode
pahl1241

Also known as Pahlavi. Official language of the Sasanian Empire (224–651 CE); the language of much Zoroastrian religious literature.

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. Old Persian550 BCE – 330 BCE
  5. Middle Persian300 BCE – 900 CE

Descendants 1

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