Southern Prakrit
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Southern Prakrit is a subgroup of Middle Indo-Aryan languages historically spoken in the southern regions of the Indian subcontinent.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Southern Prakrit canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11933120 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Prakrit Context triple: [Maharashtri, classification, Southern Prakrit]
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A.
Paisaci Prakrit
Paisaci Prakrit is an ancient Middle Indo-Aryan language variety traditionally associated with narrative and storytelling literature in early Indian linguistic tradition.
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B.
Maharashtri Prakrit
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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C.
Shauraseni Prakrit
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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D.
Magadhi Prakrit
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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E.
Khari Boli
Khari Boli is a major dialect of the Hindi-Urdu language continuum, historically associated with the Delhi region and serving as the primary basis for Standard Hindi.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Prakrit Target entity description: Southern Prakrit is a subgroup of Middle Indo-Aryan languages historically spoken in the southern regions of the Indian subcontinent.
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A.
Paisaci Prakrit
Paisaci Prakrit is an ancient Middle Indo-Aryan language variety traditionally associated with narrative and storytelling literature in early Indian linguistic tradition.
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B.
Maharashtri Prakrit
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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C.
Shauraseni Prakrit
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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D.
Magadhi Prakrit
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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E.
Khari Boli
Khari Boli is a major dialect of the Hindi-Urdu language continuum, historically associated with the Delhi region and serving as the primary basis for Standard Hindi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.