Langenesis

Indo-European family

Sinhala Prakrit

c. 300 BCE – 400 CE Extinct

Sinhala Prakrit (c. 300 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-Indo-Aryan → Vedic Sanskrit → Sinhala Prakrit.

See Sinhala Prakrit on the interactive map

Also called Elu. Middle Indo-Aryan of Sri Lanka, attested in Brahmi cave inscriptions from the 3rd c. BCE; developed in isolation from mainland Prakrits.

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. Sinhala Prakritc. 300 BCE – 400 CE

Descendants 1

Sister languages 9

Also descended from Vedic Sanskrit.

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