Langenesis

Indo-European family

Proto-Kurdish

c. 300 BCE – 1000 CE Reconstructed

Proto-Kurdish (c. 300 BCE – 1000 CE) is a reconstructed Indo-European language. It has 2 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-Iranian → Proto-Iranian → Proto-Kurdish.

See Proto-Kurdish on the interactive map

Undocumented common ancestor of the Kurdish languages (Northwestern Iranian). Dating is speculative; links to Median are sometimes proposed 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. Proto-Kurdishc. 300 BCE – 1000 CE

Descendants 2

Sister languages 16

Also descended from Proto-Iranian.

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