Langenesis

Indo-European family

Parthian

c. 250 BCE – 500 CE Extinct

Parthian (c. 250 BCE – 500 CE) is an extinct Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-Iranian → Proto-Iranian → Parthian.

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ISO 639-3
xpr

Northwestern Middle Iranian of the Arsacid Empire; also a Manichaean literary language. Descent from Median is plausible but unproven.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2,500 BCE – 1,800 BCE
  3. Proto-Iranianc. 1,800 BCE – 1,000 BCE
  4. Parthianc. 250 BCE – 500 CE

Sister languages 16

Also descended from Proto-Iranian.

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