Indo-European family

Sardinian

c. 800 CE – today Living

Sardinian (c. 800 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Italic → … → Latin → Vulgar Latin → Sardinian.

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Speakers
1M (1,000,000)
ISO 639-3
srd

Often regarded as the most conservative Romance language and one of the earliest to split from the rest. ISO srd is a macrolanguage covering Logudorese and Campidanese.

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. Sardinianc. 800 CE – today

Sister languages 20

Also descended from Vulgar Latin.

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