Langenesis

Indo-European family

Wakhi

c. 1000 CE – today Living

Wakhi (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-Iranian → Proto-Iranian → Wakhi.

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Speakers
60K (60,000)
ISO 639-3
wbl

Pamir (Eastern Iranian) language of the Wakhan corridor and neighbouring areas of Tajikistan, Pakistan and China. The unity of 'Pamir languages' is areal, not necessarily genetic.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2,500 BCE – 1,800 BCE
  3. Proto-Iranianc. 1,800 BCE – 1,000 BCE
  4. Wakhic. 1000 CE – today

Sister languages 16

Also descended from Proto-Iranian.

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