Langenesis

Indo-European family

Proto-Armenian

c. 1,200 BCE – 400 CE Reconstructed

Proto-Armenian (c. 1,200 BCE – 400 CE) is a reconstructed Indo-European language. It has 4 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Armenian.

See Proto-Armenian on the interactive map

Reconstructed ancestor of Armenian; possibly closest to Greek (Graeco-Armenian hypothesis, contested).

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Armenianc. 1,200 BCE – 400 CE

Descendants 1

Sister languages 10

Also descended from Proto-Indo-European.

Sources