Langenesis

Indo-European family

Proto-Iranian

c. 1,800 BCE – 1,000 BCE Reconstructed

Proto-Iranian (c. 1,800 BCE – 1,000 BCE) is a reconstructed Indo-European language. It has 27 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-Iranian → Proto-Iranian.

See Proto-Iranian on the interactive map

Reconstructed ancestor of the Iranian branch, sister to Indo-Aryan within Indo-Iranian. Avestan (the Zoroastrian liturgical language) is the earliest attested daughter.

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

Descendants 17

Sister languages 2

Also descended from Proto-Indo-Iranian.

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