Apabhramsha

E199650
Middle Indo-Aryan language historical language language group

Apabhramsha is a group of late Middle Indo-Aryan dialects that served as a linguistic bridge between earlier Prakrits and the emergence of modern Indo-Aryan languages.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Apabhramsha canonical 5
Apabhraṃśa 5
Eastern Apabhraṃśa 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Middle Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
historical language ⓘ
language group ⓘ
approximateEndTime 13th century CE ⓘ
approximateStartTime 6th century CE ⓘ
etymology from Sanskrit term "apabhraṃśa" meaning "corrupt" or "deviated" speech ⓘ
follows Ardhamagadhi Prakrit ⓘ
Maharashtri Prakrit ⓘ
Prakrit ⓘ
Shauraseni Prakrit ⓘ
hasFeature development of postpositions ⓘ
greater use of auxiliary verbs ⓘ
increased use of analytic constructions ⓘ
phonological changes from earlier Prakrits ⓘ
reduction of case inflections ⓘ
simplification of verbal morphology ⓘ
hasGenre devotional poetry ⓘ
didactic literature ⓘ
religious narrative poetry ⓘ
hasNotableAuthor Abdul Rahman ⓘ
Hemachandra ⓘ
Puspadanta ⓘ
Saraha (in some traditions) ⓘ
Svayambhudeva ⓘ
hasNotableWork Bhavisayattakaha ⓘ
Paumacariu ⓘ
Sandesh Rasak ⓘ
hasRole linguistic bridge between Prakrit and modern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
influenced Bihari languages ⓘ
Eastern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Gujarati ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Marwari ⓘ
Rajasthani ⓘ
Western Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
partOf Indic languages ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
precedes Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
surface form: Modern Indo-Aryan languages
studiedIn Indology ⓘ
Jain studies ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
surface form: Middle Indo-Aryan languages
usedBy Buddhist authors ⓘ
Hindu authors ⓘ
Jain authors ⓘ
usedInPeriod late Middle Indo-Aryan period ⓘ
writingSystem Nagari script ⓘ
surface form: Jain Nagari script

Nagari script ⓘ
Sharada script ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Nagari script → usedFor → Apabhramsha ⓘ
Prakrit → precedes → Apabhramsha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apabhraṃśa
Middle Indo-Aryan → hasPart → Apabhramsha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apabhraṃśa
Baleswari Odia → hasAncestor → Apabhramsha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Apabhraṃśa
Eastern Indo-Aryan languages → historicalOrigin → Apabhramsha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Apabhraṃśa
Jain literature → hasLanguage → Apabhramsha ⓘ
Jain literature → influenced → Apabhramsha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apabhramsha literature
Paisaci → hasRelationTo → Apabhramsha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apabhraṃśa
Marwari language → developedFrom → Apabhramsha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apabhraṃśa
Marathi–Konkani languages → influencedBy → Apabhramsha ⓘ
Charitropakhyan → language → Apabhramsha ⓘ
Hindustani language → majorInfluenceFrom → Apabhramsha ⓘ
Western Hindi → linguisticAncestor → Apabhramsha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apabhraṃśa