Langenesis

Indo-European family

Rajasthani

1500 CE – today Living

Rajasthani (1500 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-Iranian → … → Shauraseni Apabhramsha → Old Gujarati → Rajasthani.

See Rajasthani on the interactive map
Speakers
26M (26,000,000)
ISO 639-3
raj

Cluster of Western Indo-Aryan varieties (Marwari, Dhundhari, Mewari, Hadoti…) officially counted under Hindi in the Indian census.

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. Shauraseni Apabhramshac. 600 CE – 1200 CE
  7. Old Gujaratic. 1200 CE – 1500 CE
  8. Rajasthani1500 CE – today

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Old Gujarati.

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