Langenesis

Indo-European family

Proto-Romani

c. 500 CE – 1000 CE Reconstructed

Proto-Romani (c. 500 CE – 1000 CE) is a reconstructed Indo-European language. It has 1 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-Iranian → Proto-Indo-Aryan → Vedic Sanskrit → Shauraseni Prakrit → Proto-Romani.

See Proto-Romani on the interactive map

Stage of Romani before and during the migration out of the Indian subcontinent. Central Indo-Aryan in origin with later Northwestern features; migration dated variously from the 5th to 11th c.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2,500 BCE – 1,800 BCE
  3. Proto-Indo-Aryanc. 1,800 BCE – 1,500 BCE
  4. Vedic Sanskritc. 1,500 BCE – 500 BCE
  5. Shauraseni Prakritc. 300 BCE – 600 CE
  6. Proto-Romanic. 500 CE – 1000 CE

Descendants 1

Sister languages 2

Also descended from Shauraseni Prakrit.

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