Shauraseni Prakrit

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Middle Indo-Aryan language Prakrit language literary language theatrical lingua franca

Shauraseni Prakrit is an ancient Middle Indo-Aryan language that served as a major literary and theatrical lingua franca in northern India and significantly influenced several modern Indo-Aryan languages.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Jain Shauraseni	1
Sauraseni Prakrit	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Middle Indo-Aryan language ⓘ Prakrit language ⓘ literary language ⓘ theatrical lingua franca ⓘ
alternativeName	Shauraseni Prakrit ⓘ surface form: Sauraseni Prakrit
ancestorOf	Hindi ⓘ Punjabi language ⓘ surface form: Punjabi Rajasthani ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ surface form: Urdu Western Hindi dialects ⓘ
approximateEra	1st millennium CE ⓘ
branchOf	Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
classification	Indo-European language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Sanskrit ⓘ
derivedFrom	Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
geographicCore	region around Mathura ⓘ
influenced	modern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
ISOStatus	not assigned a modern ISO 639-3 code ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
lexicalFeature	large proportion of Sanskrit-derived vocabulary ⓘ
linguisticStage	intermediate stage between Vedic/ Classical Sanskrit and New Indo-Aryan ⓘ
morphologicalFeature	reduced case system compared to Sanskrit ⓘ simplified nominal inflection compared to Sanskrit ⓘ
partOf	Prakrit ⓘ surface form: Prakrits
phonologicalFeature	reduction of consonant clusters compared to Sanskrit ⓘ
preservedIn	dramatic literature ⓘ grammatical treatises on Prakrit ⓘ
region	northern Indian subcontinent ⓘ
relatedTo	Ardhamagadhi Prakrit ⓘ Magadhi Prakrit ⓘ Maharashtri Prakrit ⓘ
standardizedIn	dramatic tradition ⓘ
status	extinct as a spoken language ⓘ
subfamily	Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
timePeriod	Middle Indo-Aryan period ⓘ
typologicalFeature	SOV word order ⓘ
usedAs	language of classical Indian drama ⓘ lingua franca ⓘ literary language ⓘ
usedBy	classical Indian playwrights ⓘ theatrical performers ⓘ
usedIn	northern India ⓘ
usedInGenre	Sanskrit drama ⓘ
writingSystem	Brahmi script ⓘ Nagari-type scripts ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Shauraseni Prakrit → alternativeName → Shauraseni Prakrit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sauraseni Prakrit

Gujarati → ancestor → Shauraseni Prakrit ⓘ

Magadhi Prakrit → closelyRelatedTo → Shauraseni Prakrit ⓘ

Maharashtri Prakrit → comparedWith → Shauraseni Prakrit ⓘ

Rajasthani → hasAncestor → Shauraseni Prakrit ⓘ

Middle Indo-Aryan → hasPart → Shauraseni Prakrit ⓘ

Prakrit → hasVariety → Shauraseni Prakrit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jain Shauraseni