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| Pali | ||||
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| Pronunciation | Template:IPA-sa | |||
| Native to | Indian subcontinent | |||
| Era | 5th – 1st century BC[1] now only used as a liturgical language |
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| Writing system | Brāhmī, Brahmi-derived scripts and transliteration to the Latin alphabet | |||
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| ISO 639-1 | pi | |||
| ISO 639-2 | pli | |||
| ISO 639-3 | pli | |||
| Linguist List | pli | |||
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Pali is an old language. It used to be spoken in India, and is similar to Sanskrit. Pali is used in religious services by Theravada Buddhists. The Theravada holy texts, called the Pali Canon, are written in Pali. Pali is usually called a dead language. Bengali originates from the Pali
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Nagrajji (2003) "Pali language and the Buddhist Canonical Literature". Agama and Tripitaka, vol. 2: Language and Literature.
