Langenesis

Indo-European family

Old Avestan

c. 1,500 BCE – 900 BCE Classical

Old Avestan (c. 1,500 BCE – 900 BCE) is a classical Indo-European language. It has 1 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-Iranian → Proto-Iranian → Old Avestan.

See Old Avestan on the interactive map

Language of the Gāthās attributed to Zarathustra. Dating is highly contested (proposals range from c. 1500 to 600 BCE); preserved only through a late oral and manuscript tradition.

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 Avestanc. 1,500 BCE – 900 BCE

Descendants 1

Sister languages 16

Also descended from Proto-Iranian.

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