Langenesis

Indo-European family

Venetian

c. 1000 CE – today Living

Venetian (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Italic → … → Latin → Vulgar Latin → Venetian.

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Speakers
3.9M (3,900,000)
ISO 639-3
vec
Glottocode
vene1258

Classification is debated: grouped with Gallo-Italic by some, with Italo- Dalmatian by others.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1,500 BCE – 700 BCE
  3. Proto-Latino-Faliscanc. 1,000 BCE – 700 BCE
  4. Old Latinc. 700 BCE – 100 BCE
  5. Latin100 BCE – 300 CE
  6. Vulgar Latin300 CE – 800 CE
  7. Venetianc. 1000 CE – today

Sister languages 20

Also descended from Vulgar Latin.

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