Langenesis

Indo-European family

Persian

900 CE – today Living

Persian (900 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. It has 2 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-Iranian → Proto-Iranian → Old Persian → Middle Persian → Persian.

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Speakers
80M (80,000,000)
ISO 639-3
pes
Glottocode
fars1254

New Persian (Fārsi). Covers Early New Persian (9th–13th c., language of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh and Rumi) and Modern Persian. Three modern standards: Iranian Persian (Farsi), Afghan Persian (Dari), Tajik Persian (Tajiki).

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. Old Persian550 BCE – 330 BCE
  5. Middle Persian300 BCE – 900 CE
  6. Persian900 CE – today

Descendants 2

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