developed into the Eastern Indo-Aryan languages[1]
Language family
Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Aryan
Magadhi Prakrit
Language codes
ISO 639-3
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Magadhi Prakrit (Māgadhī) is of one of the three Dramatic Prakrits, the written languages of Ancient India following the decline of Pali. It was a vernacular Middle Indo-Aryan language, replacing earlier Vedic Sanskrit.[2]
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^Cardona, George; Jain, Dhanesh, eds. (2003), "The historical context and development of Indo-Aryan", The Indo-Aryan Languages, Routledge language family series, London: Routledge, pp. 46–66, ISBN 0-7007-1130-9
MagadhiPrakrit (Māgadhī) is of one of the three Dramatic Prakrits, the written languages of Ancient India following the decline of Pali. It was a vernacular...
According to Sanskrit and Prakrit scholar Shreyansh Kumar Jain Shastri and A. C. Woolner, the Ardhamagadhi (or simply Magadhi) Prakrit, which was used extensively...
differs from later MagadhiPrakrit on similar points as Pāli. For example, Ardhamāgadhī preserves historical [l], unlike later Magadhi, where [l] changed...
which is contrary to Vararuci's rule, the main characteristic of MagadhiPrakrit, which warrants that ṣ and s are replaced by ś. Linguists claim this...
is considered a dialect of Magahi. Magahi derived from the ancient MagadhiPrakrit, which was created in the ancient kingdom of Magadha, the core of which...
spoken by about 5% of India's population. Bhojpuri is a descendant of MagadhiPrakrit and is related to Maithili, Magahi, Bangla, Odia, Assamese, and other...
evolved at least before the 7th century CE from the middle Indo-Aryan MagadhiPrakrit. Its sister languages include Angika, Bengali, Bishnupriya Manipuri...
Sanskrit. MagadhiPrakrit was also spoken in modern-day Bihar and Assam, and this vernacular eventually evolved into Ardha Magadhi. Ardha Magadhi began to...
features that have been referred to as Māgadhisms. MagadhiPrakrit was one of the three dramatic prakrits to emerge following the decline of Sanskrit. It...
being a member of the Eastern Indo-Aryan languages, was evolved from MagadhiPrakrit. So, its origin is associated with Magadha realm. The Government of...
The Licchavis of Vaishali (MāgadhīPrakrit: 𑀮𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀯𑀺 Licchavi; Pāli: Licchavi; Sanskrit: ऋक्षवी Ṛkṣavī; English: "Bear Clan") were an ancient Indo-Aryan...
Apabhramsha, itself derived from MagadhiPrakrit. The modern Bengali vocabulary contains the vocabulary base from MagadhiPrakrit and Pali, also borrowings from...
Indo-Aryan language family. It descends from Odra Prakrit which itself evolved from MagadhiPrakrit. The latter was spoken in east India over 1,500 years...
Prakrit of its time, and also dominated the literary culture amongst the three "Dramatic" Prakrits of the time, Maharashtri, Shauraseni and Magadhi....
evolved from MagadhiPrakrit, native to the eastern Indian subcontinent. The core of Bengali vocabulary is thus etymologically of MagadhiPrakrit origin, with...
published its first grammar in 1881. Chatterji grouped Maithili with the MagadhiPrakrit. Maithili varies greatly in dialects. The standard form of Maithili...
to follow the Apabhraṃśa stage, i.e. those Apabhraṃśas derived from MagadhiPrakrit. After different business and trading classes such as the Jains gained...
group from MagadhiPrakrit, Marathi from Maharastri Prakrit (which was a sub-division of Ardha-MāgadhiPrakrit, leaning more towards Māgadhi than Sauraseni)...
Hindi Girmityas Bhojpuri is descended from MagadhiPrakrit and Awadhi is descended from Ardhamagadhi Prakrit Bhojpuri is descended from Magadhan Apabhraṃśa...
Shauraseni Prakrit (Sanskrit: शौरसेनी प्राकृत, Śaurasenī Prākṛta) was a Middle Indo-Aryan language and a Dramatic Prakrit. Shauraseni was the chief language...
Ashokan Prakrit (or Aśokan Prākṛta) is the Middle Indo-Aryan dialect continuum used in the Edicts of Ashoka, attributed to Emperor Ashoka of the Mauryan...
central and eastern part of India were written in MagadhiPrakrit using the Brahmi script, while Prakrit using the Kharoshthi script, Greek and Aramaic were...
written in the Brahmi script. The language is MagadhiPrakrit. The Bengali language developed from MagadhiPrakrit, and it's written from Apabhramsa, between...
districts of India. Bhojpuri is descended from MagadhiPrakrit and Awadhi is descended from Ardhamagadhi Prakrit Bhojpuri is descended from Magadhan Apabhraṃśa...
Sylheti belongs to the Eastern Indo-Aryan languages, that evolved from MagadhiPrakrit. The lowlands around Sylhet were originally inhabited by ancient Khasi...
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