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Pali

Pāli (/ˈpɑːli/; IAST: Pāḷi) is a Middle Indo-Aryan language that is widely studied as the sacred language of Theravada Buddhism and the language of the Tipiṭaka. Pali was designated a classical language of India by the Government of India on 3 October 2024.

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Era
3rd century BCE – present Liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism
Glottolog
pali1273
ISO 639-1
pi
ISO 639-2
pli
ISO 639-3
pli
Language family
Indo-IranianIndo-AryanPāḷi · Indo-AryanPāḷi · Pāḷi

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Origin and development

Pali literature

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Phonology

Morphology

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Conversion between Sanskrit and Pali forms

Writing

Influence on other languages

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Pali

Nodes236
Edges235
Triples354
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008475
Components1

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Pali

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related to Further reading · 67
Pali → American National Standard, American National Standards Institute, An Analysis, Andersen, Archived, Buddhavacana, Buddhist, Buddhist Publication Society, Chinese Buddhist, Co, Concise Pāli-English Dictionary, Copenhagen, Dines, Edward, Emerging, English, Glenn, Goenka, Gupta, Gyldendalske Boghandel
related to Pali today · 28
Pali → Anagarika Dhammapala, Based, Buddhist, Cambodia, Childers, Dharmananda Kosambi, English, In, In Europe, India, Indian, It, Laos, Maha Bodhi Society, Myanmar, Pali Dictionary, Pali Text Society, Robert Caesar Childers, Since, Southeast Asia
related to Bibliography · 26
Pali → Asian Educational Services, Berlin, Collins, Edward, First, Grammar, Gruyter, Indian Philology, ISBN, Language, Müller, Oberlies, Pali Grammar, Pali Language, Pali Text Society, Perniola, Pāli, Silkworm Press, Simplified Grammar, South Asian Studies
related to Writing · 26
Pali → According, Ariyaka, BCE, Bilingual, Brahmi, Buddhism, Buddhist, Burmese-Mon, Emperor Ashoka, Gandharan Buddhist, Greek, Historically, In, James Prinsep, Kharosthi, Khom Thai, King Vattagamini, Mahavamsa, Mongkut, Prakrit
related to Geographic origin · 20
Pali → Ashokan Magadhi, BCE, Beginning, Bihar, British Orientalist Robert Caesar, Buddha, Buddhists, Childers, However, In, Magadha, Magadhi, Magadhi Prakrit, Middle Indo-Aryan, Prakrits, Pāḷi, Sanskritized, Theravada, There, While
related to Influence on other languages · 17
Pali → Burmese, Chuon Nath, In Cambodia, Jit Bhumisak, Khmer, King Vajiravudh, Lao, Laos, Sanskrit, Similarly, Sinhala, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Thai, Thailand, Theravada Buddhism, Throughout
related to Lexicon · 17
Pali → Historically, Jataka, Middle Indic, Middle Indo-Aryan, Nearly, Old Indo-Aryan, Post-canonical Pali, Prakrits, Pāḷi, Sanskrit, Sinhala, Sri Lankans, Suttapiṭaka, The, The Pali, These, Vedic Sanskrit
related to Magadhi Prakrit · 14
Pali → Asoka Maurya, Assam, Bengal, Bihar, Buddha, Differences, Its, Magadha, Magadhi Prakrit, Middle Indic, Odisha, Prakrit, Preserved, Uttar Pradesh
related to Ardha-Magadhi Prakrit · 13
Pali → Ardhamagadhi Prakrit, Ardhamāgadhī, Bihar, Buddha, Buddhist, Dramatic Prakrit, Eastern Uttar Pradesh, It, Jain, Jain Agamas, Magadhi, Magadhi Prakrit, Middle Indo-Aryan
related to Pali literature · 12
Pali → Abhidhamma Piṭaka, Buddha, Burmese, Canonical, Extra-canonical, Khuddaka Nikāya, Pali Canon, Sutta Piṭaka, Theravada, Tipiṭaka, Vinaya Piṭaka, With

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language sanskrit regular also may used century font prakrit fonts text styles designed texts italic bold middle tex stem serif

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PaliEra3rd century BCE – present Liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism1.00infobox
PaliGlottologpali12731.00infobox
PaliISO 639-1pi1.00infobox
PaliISO 639-2pli1.00infobox
PaliISO 639-3pli1.00infobox
PaliLanguage familyIndo-IranianIndo-AryanPāḷi1.00infobox
PaliLanguage familyIndo-AryanPāḷi1.00infobox
PaliLanguage familyPāḷi1.00infobox
PaliNative toAncient Magadha region of India1.00infobox
PaliPronunciation[paːli]1.00infobox
PaliWriting systemBrāhmī, Devanāgarī, Kharoṣṭhī, Khmer, Mon-Burmese, Thai, Tai Tham, Tham Lao, Sinhala and transliteration to the Latin script, Chakma1.00infobox
Paliis aclone of Hermann Zapf's Palatino0.90text

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