Langenesis

Indo-European family

Ruthenian

c. 1300 CE – 1700 CE Extinct

Ruthenian (c. 1300 CE – 1700 CE) is an extinct Indo-European language. It has 3 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Slavic → Old East Slavic → Ruthenian.

See Ruthenian on the interactive map

Middle Ruthenian, the East Slavic chancery and literary language of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Ancestor of Ukrainian, Belarusian and Rusyn.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Slavicc. 200 BCE – 600 CE
  3. Old East Slavic600 CE – 1500 CE
  4. Ruthenianc. 1300 CE – 1700 CE

Descendants 3

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Old East Slavic.

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