Langenesis

Indo-European family

Scythian

c. 800 BCE – 400 CE Extinct

Scythian (c. 800 BCE – 400 CE) is an extinct Indo-European language. It has 2 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-Iranian → Proto-Iranian → Scythian.

See Scythian on the interactive map
ISO 639-3
xsc

Eastern Iranian speech of the Scythians and Sarmatians of the Eurasian steppe, known almost only from names and glosses.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2,500 BCE – 1,800 BCE
  3. Proto-Iranianc. 1,800 BCE – 1,000 BCE
  4. Scythianc. 800 BCE – 400 CE

Descendants 1

Sister languages 16

Also descended from Proto-Iranian.

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