Maharashtri Prakrit
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Maharashtri Prakrit is an ancient Middle Indo-Aryan language historically used in western and central India, especially in classical poetry and drama, and is a key ancestor of several modern Indo-Aryan languages.
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Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle Indo-Aryan language
→
Prakrit language → |
| alternateName |
Maharashtri
→
Maharashtri Apabhramsha (in some traditional classifications) → |
| ancestorOf |
Konkani language
→
Marathi language → some modern Indo-Aryan languages of western India → |
| comparedWith |
Magadhi Prakrit
→
Shauraseni Prakrit → |
| historicalPeriod |
Middle Indo-Aryan period
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|
| influenced |
early Konkani literature
→
early Marathi literature → |
| ISOStatus |
does not have a modern ISO 639-1 code
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|
| languageFamily |
Indo-Aryan languages
→
Indo-European languages → Indo-Iranian languages → |
| linguisticStage |
middle stage between Vedic Sanskrit and New Indo-Aryan languages
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|
| notableFor |
being a key ancestor of Marathi
→
extensive use in classical Sanskrit dramas for certain characters → |
| predecessor |
Old Indo-Aryan (Vedic Sanskrit)
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|
| region |
Deccan region
→
Maharashtra region → |
| roleInTradition |
important literary Prakrit in classical India
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|
| spokenIn |
Central India
→
Western India → |
| stageOf |
historical development of Indo-Aryan languages
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|
| status |
historical language
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|
| subclassOf |
Indo-Aryan language
→
Indo-European language → Indo-Iranian language → |
| successor |
Apabhramsha varieties of western India
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|
| timeDepth |
roughly 1st millennium BCE to early 2nd millennium CE as a literary language
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|
| typologicalFeature |
phonological changes from Old Indo-Aryan vowels
→
reduction of Sanskrit case system → simplified consonant clusters compared to Sanskrit → use of postpositions instead of some Sanskrit case endings → |
| usedBy |
classical Indian dramatists
→
classical Indian poets → |
| usedIn |
classical drama
→
classical poetry → religious literature → secular literature → |
| usedInGenre |
courtly poetry
→
romantic drama → |
| writingSystem |
Brahmi script
→
various regional Brahmi-derived scripts → |
Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Marathi language
→
Marathi language ("Maharashtri Apabhramsha") → |
hasAncestor |
|
Middle Indo-Aryan
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|
hasPart |
|
Prakrit
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|
hasVariety |
|
Middle Indo-Aryan
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|
notableLanguage |
|
Shauraseni Prakrit
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|
relatedTo |