Langenesis

Indo-European family

Proto-Romanian

c. 600 CE – 1200 CE Reconstructed

Proto-Romanian (c. 600 CE – 1200 CE) is a reconstructed Indo-European language. It has 4 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Italic → … → Latin → Vulgar Latin → Proto-Romanian.

See Proto-Romanian on the interactive map

Common Romanian, ancestor of the Eastern Romance languages. Its homeland (north or south of the Danube) is disputed.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1,500 BCE – 700 BCE
  3. Proto-Latino-Faliscanc. 1,000 BCE – 700 BCE
  4. Old Latinc. 700 BCE – 100 BCE
  5. Latin100 BCE – 300 CE
  6. Vulgar Latin300 CE – 800 CE
  7. Proto-Romanianc. 600 CE – 1200 CE

Descendants 4

Sister languages 20

Also descended from Vulgar Latin.

Sources