Indo-European family
Tsakonian
c. 300 BCE – today Living
Tsakonian (c. 300 BCE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Hellenic → Ancient Greek → Tsakonian.
See Tsakonian on the interactive map- Speakers
- 2K (2,000)
- ISO 639-3
- tsd
- Glottocode
- tsak1248
Only living descendant of Doric (Laconian) rather than Koine; critically endangered. Dating of its separation is conventional.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2,200 BCE – 1,500 BCE
- Ancient Greek1,100 BCE – 300 BCE
- Tsakonianc. 300 BCE – today
Sister languages 1
Also descended from Ancient Greek.