Middle Indo-Aryan

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historical language stage language group

Middle Indo-Aryan is the group of Indo-Aryan languages and dialects, including Prakrits and Pali, that represent the intermediate historical stage between Old Indo-Aryan (Vedic and Classical Sanskrit) and the modern Indo-Aryan languages.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Middle Indo-Aryan languages 7
Middle Indo-Aryan period 5
Early New Indo-Aryan 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical language stage ⓘ
language group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
surface form: Middle Indic

Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
surface form: Middle Indo-Aryan languages
characteristic increased use of analytic constructions ⓘ
loss of certain Old Indo-Aryan verbal categories ⓘ
merger of some Old Indo-Aryan vowels ⓘ
phonological simplification of consonant clusters ⓘ
reduction of Old Indo-Aryan case system ⓘ
developedFrom Sanskrit ⓘ
surface form: Classical Sanskrit

Sanskrit ⓘ
surface form: Vedic Sanskrit
developedInto Assamese ⓘ
Bengali ⓘ
Gujarati ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Marathi language ⓘ
surface form: Marathi

Odia ⓘ
Punjabi language ⓘ
surface form: Punjabi

Rajasthani ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ
follows Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
hasPart Apabhramsha ⓘ
surface form: Apabhraṃśa

Ardhamagadhi Prakrit ⓘ
Magadhi Prakrit ⓘ
Maharashtri Prakrit ⓘ
Paisaci ⓘ
Pali ⓘ
Prakrit languages ⓘ
Shauraseni Prakrit ⓘ
linguisticStageBetween Modern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
notableLanguage Maharashtri Prakrit ⓘ
Pali ⓘ
precedes Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
surface form: Modern Indo-Aryan languages

Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
surface form: New Indo-Aryan
reconstructedFrom inscriptions ⓘ
literary texts ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent

South Asia ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline Indo-Aryan linguistics ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
timePeriod circa 600 BCE to 1000 CE ⓘ
usedIn Buddhist literature ⓘ
Jain literature ⓘ
early secular literature of India ⓘ
writingSystem Brahmi script ⓘ
Kharoṣṭhī script ⓘ
surface form: Kharosthi script

Referenced by (20)

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

Middle Indo-Aryan → alsoKnownAs → Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Indo-Aryan languages
Middle Indo-Aryan → alsoKnownAs → Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Indic
Assamese → developedFrom → Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
Sinhala → developedFrom → Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Indo-Aryan languages
Gandhari Prakrit → followedBy → Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Early New Indo-Aryan
Harauti → hasAncestor → Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
Jatki → hasAncestor → Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Indo-Aryan languages
Sindhi → hasLinguisticAncestor → Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Indo-Aryan languages
Maharashtri Prakrit → historicalPeriod → Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Indo-Aryan period
Pali → historicalPeriod → Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Indo-Aryan period
Indo-Aryan languages → historicalStage → Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages → historicalStage → Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
Gandhari Prakrit → stageOf → Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
Indology → studiesLanguage → Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Indo-Aryan languages
Sanskritized Prakrits → subclassOf → Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Indo-Aryan languages
Pali → subfamily → Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Indo-Aryan languages
Shauraseni Prakrit → subfamily → Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
Magadhi Prakrit → timePeriod → Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Indo-Aryan period
Sanskritized Prakrits → timePeriod → Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Indo-Aryan period
Prakrit → usedInPeriod → Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Indo-Aryan period