Langenesis

Indo-European family

Old Hindi

c. 1100 CE – 1600 CE Extinct

Old Hindi (c. 1100 CE – 1600 CE) is an extinct Indo-European language. It has 2 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-Iranian → … → Shauraseni Prakrit → Shauraseni Apabhramsha → Old Hindi.

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Early Hindavi / Old Khariboli of the Delhi region, attested in poetry attributed to Amir Khusrau and the Sant poets. Ancestor of Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu).

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2,500 BCE – 1,800 BCE
  3. Proto-Indo-Aryanc. 1,800 BCE – 1,500 BCE
  4. Vedic Sanskritc. 1,500 BCE – 500 BCE
  5. Shauraseni Prakritc. 300 BCE – 600 CE
  6. Shauraseni Apabhramshac. 600 CE – 1200 CE
  7. Old Hindic. 1100 CE – 1600 CE

Descendants 2

Sister languages 3

Also descended from Shauraseni Apabhramsha.

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