prakrit

Noun
  1. Any of the modern Indic languages (synset 106986165)
    is a type of: indic, indo-aryan - a branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages
  2. Any of the vernacular Indic languages of north and central India (as distinguished from Sanskrit) recorded from the 3rd century BC to the 4th century AD (synset 106985752)
    is a type of: indic, indo-aryan - a branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages
    subtypes: pali - an ancient Prakrit language (derived from Sanskrit) that is the scriptural and liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism

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