Gandhari Prakrit

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Indo-Aryan language Middle Indo-Aryan language historical language

Gandhari Prakrit is an ancient Middle Indo-Aryan language of northwestern South Asia, known from Buddhist texts and inscriptions written in the Kharoṣṭhī script.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-Aryan language ⓘ Middle Indo-Aryan language ⓘ historical language ⓘ
associatedScript	Kharoṣṭhī script ⓘ surface form: Kharoṣṭhī
associatedWith	Gandhara civilization ⓘ surface form: Gandharan Buddhism Gandhara civilization ⓘ surface form: Gandharan art
closelyRelatedTo	Pali ⓘ other northwestern Prakrits ⓘ
era	Middle Indo-Aryan period ⓘ
followedBy	Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ surface form: Early New Indo-Aryan
languageFamily	Indo-Aryan ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European Indo-Iranian ⓘ
lexicalInfluenceFrom	Iranian languages ⓘ local northwestern substrates ⓘ
morphologicalFeature	Middle Indo-Aryan simplification of inflection ⓘ
notableCorpus	Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts ⓘ Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts ⓘ surface form: Gandhari scrolls
partOf	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
phonologicalFeature	retention of certain Old Indo-Aryan consonant clusters ⓘ
precededBy	Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
region	northwestern India ⓘ present-day eastern Afghanistan ⓘ present-day northern Pakistan ⓘ
religiousContext	Buddhism ⓘ
scriptDirection	right-to-left ⓘ
spokenIn	Gandhara civilization ⓘ surface form: Gandhara region northwestern South Asia ⓘ
stageOf	Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
status	extinct ⓘ
studiedIn	Buddhist studies ⓘ Indo-Aryan historical linguistics ⓘ epigraphy ⓘ
subclassOf	Prakrit ⓘ surface form: Prakrit language
timePeriod	circa 3rd century BCE to 4th century CE ⓘ
usedBy	Buddhist monastic communities ⓘ scribes in Gandhara ⓘ
usedFor	Buddhist canonical literature ⓘ Buddhist scholastic texts ⓘ administrative records ⓘ donative inscriptions ⓘ
usedIn	Buddhist texts ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ
writingMaterial	birch bark ⓘ clay tablets ⓘ palm leaf ⓘ stone inscriptions ⓘ
writingSystem	Kharoṣṭhī script ⓘ

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

Tocharian languages → arealContactWith → Gandhari Prakrit ⓘ

Gandhara civilization → languageUsed → Gandhari Prakrit ⓘ