Old Indo-Aryan

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Indo-Aryan language stage historical language language stage

Old Indo-Aryan is the early historical stage of the Indo-Aryan languages, exemplified by Vedic and Classical Sanskrit and attested in ancient texts of the Indian subcontinent.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Old Indo-Aryan canonical 16
Old Indo-Aryan languages 5
Old Indo-Aryan (Vedic Sanskrit) 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language stage ⓘ
historical language ⓘ
language stage ⓘ
attestedIn Atharvaveda ⓘ
Brahmanas ⓘ
Mahabharata ⓘ
Ramayana ⓘ
Rigveda ⓘ
Samaveda ⓘ
Upanishads ⓘ
Vedas ⓘ
surface form: Vedic texts

Yajurveda ⓘ
early Sanskrit epics ⓘ
chronology first millennium BCE ⓘ
second millennium BCE ⓘ
earliestStage Vedic Sanskrit ⓘ
exemplifiedBy Sanskrit ⓘ
surface form: Classical Sanskrit

Vedic Sanskrit ⓘ
followedBy Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit ⓘ
Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
Pali ⓘ
Prakrits ⓘ
hasDescendant Assamese ⓘ
Bengali ⓘ
Gujarati ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Marathi language ⓘ
surface form: Marathi

Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
surface form: Middle Indo-Aryan languages

Nepali ⓘ
New Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Odia ⓘ
Punjabi language ⓘ
surface form: Punjabi

Sinhala ⓘ
hasEarlyForm Vedic Sanskrit ⓘ
hasLaterForm Sanskrit ⓘ
surface form: Classical Sanskrit
influenced Buddhist literature ⓘ
Hindu religious tradition ⓘ
Jain literature ⓘ
classical Indian literature ⓘ
linguisticFeature complex verbal system ⓘ
eight grammatical cases ⓘ
free word order ⓘ
rich inflectional morphology ⓘ
three grammatical genders ⓘ
partOf history of the Sanskrit language ⓘ
precededBy Proto-Indo-Iranian language ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Indo-Aryan
region Indian subcontinent ⓘ
standardForm Sanskrit ⓘ
surface form: Classical Sanskrit
subclassOf Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
usedAs language of ritual ⓘ
liturgical language ⓘ
scholarly language ⓘ
usedBy Vedic priests ⓘ
ancient Indian scholars ⓘ
usedIn ancient Indian literary texts ⓘ
ancient Indian philosophical texts ⓘ
ancient Indian religious texts ⓘ
ancient Indian ritual texts ⓘ
writingSystem Brahmi script ⓘ
Kharoṣṭhī script ⓘ
surface form: Kharosthi script

various early Indic scripts ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gandhari Prakrit → precededBy → Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
Maharashtri Prakrit → predecessor → Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Indo-Aryan (Vedic Sanskrit)
Indo-Iranian languages → historicalStage → Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
Magadhi Prakrit → developedFrom → Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
Magadhi Prakrit → developedFrom → Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic Sanskrit (indirectly)
Pali → ancestorLanguage → Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
Prakrit → follows → Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
Middle Indo-Aryan → follows → Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
Middle Indo-Aryan → linguisticStageBetween → Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
Shauraseni Prakrit → derivedFrom → Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
Harauti → hasAncestor → Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
Assamese → developedFrom → Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
Jatki → hasAncestor → Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Indo-Aryan languages
Mahl language → linguisticAncestor → Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
Ardhamagadhi Prakrit → developedFrom → Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
Sohain → hasAncestor → Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Indo-Aryan languages
Jain Maharashtri → developedFrom → Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
Haramosh Shina → hasAncestor → Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
Kohistani Shina → hasAncestor → Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
Palasi Shina → hasAncestor → Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Indo-Aryan languages
Gilgiti Shina → hasAncestor → Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Indo-Aryan languages
Shapuri → hasAncestor → Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Indo-Aryan languages
Awankari → hasAncestor → Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ