Langenesis

Indo-European family

Old Catalan

c. 900 CE – 1500 CE Extinct

Old Catalan (c. 900 CE – 1500 CE) is an extinct Indo-European language. It has 1 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Italic → … → Latin → Vulgar Latin → Old Catalan.

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Medieval Catalan, closely related to Old Occitan. Earliest continuous text is the Homilies d'Organyà (c. 1200); literary flowering with Ramon Llull and Ausiàs March.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1,500 BCE – 700 BCE
  3. Proto-Latino-Faliscanc. 1,000 BCE – 700 BCE
  4. Old Latinc. 700 BCE – 100 BCE
  5. Latin100 BCE – 300 CE
  6. Vulgar Latin300 CE – 800 CE
  7. Old Catalanc. 900 CE – 1500 CE

Descendants 1

Sister languages 20

Also descended from Vulgar Latin.

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