Langenesis

Indo-European family

Proto-Albanian

c. 1,000 BCE – 600 CE Reconstructed

Proto-Albanian (c. 1,000 BCE – 600 CE) is a reconstructed Indo-European language. It has 3 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Albanian.

See Proto-Albanian on the interactive map

Reconstructed ancestor of Albanian. Relation to ancient Illyrian, Thracian or Messapic is debated; dates are rough.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Albanianc. 1,000 BCE – 600 CE

Descendants 1

Sister languages 10

Also descended from Proto-Indo-European.

Sources