Langenesis

Sino-Tibetan family

Old Tibetan

c. 650 CE – 1000 CE Extinct

Old Tibetan (c. 650 CE – 1000 CE) is an extinct Sino-Tibetan language. It has 3 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Sino-Tibetan → Proto-Tibeto-Burman → Old Tibetan.

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ISO 639-3
otb

Language of the Tibetan Empire, attested in inscriptions and Dunhuang manuscripts from the 7th c. onwards.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Sino-Tibetanc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Tibeto-Burmanc. 2,500 BCE – 1,000 BCE
  3. Old Tibetanc. 650 CE – 1000 CE

Descendants 1

Sister languages 6

Also descended from Proto-Tibeto-Burman.

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