NOUN | communication | Prakrit | any of the modern Indic languages |
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communication | Prakrit | any of the vernacular Indic languages of north and central India (as distinguished from Sanskrit) recorded from the 3rd century BC to the 4th century AD |
Meaning | Any of the modern Indic languages. | |
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Broader | Indic, Indo-Aryan | A branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages |
Adjectives | Prakritic | of or relating to Prakrit |
Meaning | Any of the vernacular Indic languages of north and central India (as distinguished from Sanskrit) recorded from the 3rd century BC to the 4th century AD. | |
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Narrower | Pali | An ancient Prakrit language (derived from Sanskrit) that is the scriptural and liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism |
Broader | Indic, Indo-Aryan | A branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages |
Adjectives | Prakritic | of or relating to Prakrit |
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