Langenesis

Austronesian family

Old Malay

683 CE – 1400 CE Extinct

Old Malay (683 CE – 1400 CE) is an extinct Austronesian language. It has 3 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Austronesian → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian → Old Malay.

See Old Malay on the interactive map
ISO 639-3
omy

Malay of the Srivijaya-era inscriptions, beginning with the Kedukan Bukit inscription (683 CE). Intermediate Proto-Malayic stage not tracked.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Austronesianc. 3,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Malayo-Polynesianc. 2,500 BCE – 1,500 BCE
  3. Old Malay683 CE – 1400 CE

Descendants 1

Sister languages 9

Also descended from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.

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