Pali
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Native to | Indian subcontinent |
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Era | 5th–1st century BCE; now only used as a liturgical language |
Language family | Indo-European languages |
Indo-Iranian languages | |
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ID | 1222180 |
About Pali
Pali or Magadhan is a Middle Indo-Aryan liturgical language native to the Indian subcontinent. It is widely studied because it is the language of the Pāli Canon or Tipiṭaka, and is the sacred language of Theravāda Buddhism.