Langenesis

Indo-European family

Old French

800 CE – 1350 CE Extinct

Old French (800 CE – 1350 CE) is an extinct Indo-European language. It has 5 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Italic → … → Latin → Vulgar Latin → Old French.

See Old French on the interactive map

Gallo-Romance period bridging Vulgar Latin and Middle French. Earliest text is the Oaths of Strasbourg (842 CE).

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 French800 CE – 1350 CE

Descendants 3

Sister languages 20

Also descended from Vulgar Latin.

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