Langenesis

Indo-European family

Romanian

c. 1200 CE – today Living

Romanian (c. 1200 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Italic → … → Vulgar Latin → Proto-Romanian → Romanian.

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Speakers
24M (24,000,000)
ISO 639-3
ron
Glottocode
roma1327

Includes Daco-Romanian and Moldovan. Earliest surviving text is Neacșu's letter (1521).

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
  8. Romanianc. 1200 CE – today

Sister languages 3

Also descended from Proto-Romanian.

Sources