Indo-European family

Proto-Tocharian

c. 2,500 BCE – 0 CE Reconstructed

Proto-Tocharian (c. 2,500 BCE – 0 CE) is a reconstructed Indo-European language. It has 2 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Tocharian.

See Proto-Tocharian on the interactive map

Reconstructed ancestor of Tocharian A and B, early split from PIE (possibly linked to the Afanasievo culture). Dates are highly uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Tocharianc. 2,500 BCE – 0 CE

Descendants 2

Sister languages 10

Also descended from Proto-Indo-European.

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