Magadhi Prakrit

Magadhi Prakrit
Magadhi Prakrit
Māgadhī
Brahmi: 𑀫𑀸𑀕𑀥𑀻
Region	India
Extinct	developed into the Eastern Indo-Aryan languages
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Magadhi Prakrit; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None

Magadhi Prakrit (Māgadhī) is of one of the three Dramatic Prakrits, the written languages of Ancient India following the decline of Pali. It was a vernacular Middle Indo-Aryan language, replacing earlier Vedic Sanskrit.^[2]

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^ Cardona, George; Jain, Dhanesh, eds. (2003), "The historical context and development of Indo-Aryan", The Indo-Aryan Languages, Routledge language family series, London: Routledge, pp. 46–66, ISBN 0-7007-1130-9