The Sakrat languages are a major language family.
History
To 1500 BP
The ancestor of the Sakrat languages, Proto-Sakrat, was spoken around 2300 BP in the southern tip of Continent D.
After the Proto-Sakrat period the Sakrat languages divided into 3 groups, conventionally called Sakrat A, Sakrat B, and Sakrat C.
The speakers of Proto-Sakrat B expanded along the savannah on the west coast of Continent D, forming a distinct linguistic group by 1900 BP.
The speakers of Proto-Sakrat A migrated from Continent D to the southern volcanic isles between Continent D and Continent C. This migration was complete by approximately 1600 BP.
Proto-Sakrat C speakers expanded along the eastern edge of the mountains which line the southern coast of Continent D and then and up the rainforested east coast, where they emerged as a distict linguistic group around the year 1500 BP.
1500–1000 BP
The speakers of Proto-Sakrat B split into two linguistic groups: one that migrated over the sea to the southeastern peninsula of Continent A (Proto-Sakrat B2), and the other which remained on the west coast of Continent D (Proto-Mris-Lassjut). This separation was complete by the year 1300 BP.
Little is known about the development of the Sakrat A branch during this period, although presumably the languages diverged in the island chain between continents C and D.
The Sakrat C branch diverged into Sakrat C1, whose speakers continued migrating north along the eastern coast of Continent D until they reached the northern peninsula, and Sakrat C2, whose speakers remained in the southern coastal highlands.
1000–500 BP
The speakers of Sakrat B2 languages spread up the eastern coast of continent A coming into contact with and displacing the eastern Pre-Pkwak societies already there.
Meanwhile, Proto-Mris-Lassjut speakers crossed the sea to Continent C. This caused a split between the Continent D branch (the Mris languages) and the Continent C branch (the Lassjut languages), which was complete by 900 BP.
Around 700 BP, the Sakrat C1 language Kra Nzlor is differentiated in the northern peninsula of Continent D.
500–0 BP
The displacement of the Pre-Pkwak speakers of the northern peninsula of Continent A continued until the entire region was speaking a variety of Sakrat B2 called Pkwak. This process was complete by 300 BP.
Around 400 BP, speakers of Kra Nzlor sailed to Continent E where they came to exert strong cultural influence on speakers of Lenethailef (the Tarunian exchange).