Indo-European family
Rusyn
c. 1700 CE – today Living
Rusyn (c. 1700 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Slavic → Old East Slavic → Ruthenian → Rusyn.
See Rusyn on the interactive map- Speakers
- 600K (600,000)
- ISO 639-3
- rue
- Glottocode
- rusy1239
Spoken in the Carpathian region. Whether it is a separate language or a Ukrainian dialect is disputed; speaker estimates vary widely.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Slavicc. 200 BCE – 600 CE
- Old East Slavic600 CE – 1500 CE
- Ruthenianc. 1300 CE – 1700 CE
- Rusync. 1700 CE – today
Sister languages 2
Also descended from Ruthenian.