Magadhi Prakrit

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Middle Indo-Aryan language Prakrit language historical language

Magadhi Prakrit is an ancient Middle Indo-Aryan language of eastern India that served as a major linguistic ancestor to several modern languages of the region, including Bengali.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Magadhi	2
Kamarupi Prakrit	1
Magadhi Apabhraṃśa	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Middle Indo-Aryan language ⓘ Prakrit language ⓘ historical language ⓘ
alternativeName	Magadhi Prakrit ⓘ surface form: Magadhi Magadhi Prakrit ⓘ surface form: Magadhi Apabhraṃśa
ancestorOf	Assamese ⓘ surface form: Assamese language Bengali language ⓘ Magahi language ⓘ Maithili ⓘ surface form: Maithili language Odia language ⓘ other Eastern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
associatedWith	Maurya Empire ⓘ surface form: Maurya period early Buddhist communities of eastern India ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Ardhamagadhi Prakrit ⓘ Shauraseni Prakrit ⓘ
developedFrom	Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ surface form: Vedic Sanskrit (indirectly)
hasRole	major ancestor of several modern eastern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
influenced	early Eastern Apabhraṃśa varieties ⓘ vernaculars of ancient Magadha ⓘ
ISOStatus	no modern ISO 639-3 code (historical language) ⓘ
languageFamilyBranch	Eastern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ surface form: Eastern Indo-Aryan
linguisticFeature	loss of certain Old Indo-Aryan consonant clusters ⓘ reduction of vowel length distinctions ⓘ simplification of nominal inflection ⓘ tendency toward analytic verbal constructions ⓘ use of postpositions instead of many case endings ⓘ
partOf	Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
region	eastern Indo-Aryan linguistic area ⓘ
spokenInHistorical	Magadha ⓘ surface form: Magadha region eastern India ⓘ parts of Bengal region ⓘ present-day Bihar region ⓘ present-day Jharkhand region ⓘ
status	extinct as a spoken language ⓘ
studiedIn	Indo-Aryan philology ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ
timePeriod	Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ surface form: Middle Indo-Aryan period
timePeriodApproximate	circa 3rd century BCE to 4th century CE ⓘ
usedIn	Buddhist literature ⓘ Jain literature ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ
writingSystem	Brahmi script ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Magadhi Prakrit → alternativeName → Magadhi Prakrit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magadhi

Magadhi Prakrit → alternativeName → Magadhi Prakrit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magadhi Apabhraṃśa

Assamese → ancestor → Magadhi Prakrit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kamarupi Prakrit

Bengali → ancestor → Magadhi Prakrit ⓘ

Maharashtri Prakrit → comparedWith → Magadhi Prakrit ⓘ

Magahi → developedFrom → Magadhi Prakrit ⓘ

Magahi → hasAlternativeName → Magadhi Prakrit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magadhi

Magahi → hasAncestor → Magadhi Prakrit ⓘ

Middle Indo-Aryan → hasPart → Magadhi Prakrit ⓘ

Prakrit → hasVariety → Magadhi Prakrit ⓘ

Pala Empire → language → Magadhi Prakrit ⓘ

Shauraseni Prakrit → relatedTo → Magadhi Prakrit ⓘ