Indo-European family

Old Prussian

c. 1000 CE – 1700 CE Extinct

Old Prussian (c. 1000 CE – 1700 CE) is an extinct Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Baltic → Old Prussian.

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ISO 639-3
prg
Glottocode
prus1238

West Baltic language, attested from the 14th century (Elbing Vocabulary) and in 16th-century catechisms. Extinct by the early 18th century.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Balticc. 1,500 BCE – 0 CE
  3. Old Prussianc. 1000 CE – 1700 CE

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Baltic.

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