Langenesis

Indo-European family

Sinhala

400 CE – today Living

Sinhala (400 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. It has 1 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-Iranian → Proto-Indo-Aryan → Vedic Sanskrit → Sinhala Prakrit → Sinhala.

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Speakers
16M (16,000,000)
ISO 639-3
sin
Glottocode
sinh1246

Insular Indo-Aryan. Covers Proto-Sinhala (4th–8th c.), Medieval Sinhala, and Modern Sinhala (from c. 1200).

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
  6. Sinhala400 CE – today

Descendants 1

Sources