Magadhi Prakrit
| Magadhi Prakrit | |
|---|---|
| Māgadhī | |
Brahmi: 𑀫𑀸𑀕𑀥𑀻 | |
| Region | India |
| Extinct | developed into the Eastern Indo-Aryan languages[1] |
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
Magadhi Prakrit (Māgadhī) is of one of the three
Middle Indo-Aryan language, replacing earlier Vedic Sanskrit.[2]
History and overview
Magadhi Prakrit was spoken in the eastern
Magadhi Prakrit later evolved into the Eastern Indo-Aryan languages:[1][8]
References
- ^ a b South Asian folklore: an encyclopedia : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, By Peter J. Claus, Sarah Diamond, Margaret Ann Mills, Routledge, 2003, p. 203
- ISBN 0-7007-1130-9
- ^ Prasad, Balaram; Mukherjee, Sibasis. "Magadhi / Magahi" (PDF). lsi.gov.in. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ^ a b Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926). The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language. p. vi.
- ^ Grierson, Sir George Abraham (1903). The Languages of India: Being a Reprint of the Chapter on Languages. Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India. pp. 57–58.
- ISBN 978-1-139-20887-1.
- ^ Bashan A.L., The Wonder that was India, Picador, 2004, pp. 394
- ISBN 978-1-135-79711-9.
External links
- Jain Agams
- Jainism in Buddhist Literature
- Toulmin, Mathew W S (2006). Reconstructing linguistic history in a dialect continuum: The Kamta, Rajbanshi, and Northern Deshi Bangla subgroup of Indo-Aryan (PhD). The Australian National University.
