Langenesis

Indo-European family

Vedic Sanskrit

c. 1,500 BCE – 500 BCE Classical

Vedic Sanskrit (c. 1,500 BCE – 500 BCE) is a classical Indo-European language. It has 32 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-Iranian → Proto-Indo-Aryan → Vedic Sanskrit.

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ISO 639-3
vsn

Old Indo-Aryan of the Vedas; the Rigveda is usually dated c. 1500–1200 BCE. The Prakrits descend from Old Indo-Aryan dialects close to, but not identical with, the Vedic literary language.

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

Descendants 10

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