Langenesis

Indo-European family

Classical Sanskrit

c. 500 BCE – 1000 CE Classical

Classical Sanskrit (c. 500 BCE – 1000 CE) is a classical Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-Iranian → Proto-Indo-Aryan → Vedic Sanskrit → Classical Sanskrit.

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ISO 639-3
san
Glottocode
sans1269

Classical Sanskrit, codified by Pāṇini's Aṣṭādhyāyī (c. 400 BCE) and the prestige literary language of South and Southeast Asia. End date is nominal; it remains in liturgical and scholarly use.

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. Classical Sanskritc. 500 BCE – 1000 CE

Sister languages 9

Also descended from Vedic Sanskrit.

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