Pali
Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian subcontinent / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Nigerian language, see Pali language (Chadic). For other uses, see Pali (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Bali language (disambiguation).
Pāli (/ˈpɑːli/) is a Middle Indo-Aryan liturgical language on the Indian subcontinent. It is widely studied because it is the language of the Buddhist Pāli Canon or Tipiṭaka as well as the sacred language of Theravāda Buddhism.[2]
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 Burmese Kammavaca manuscript written in Pali using the Burmese script | |
| Pronunciation | [paːli] |
| Native to | Indian subcontinent |
| Era | 3rd century BCE – present[1] Liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism |
| Brāhmī, Devanāgarī, Kharoṣṭhī, Khmer, Mon-Burmese, Thai, Tai Tham, Sinhala and transliteration to the Latin alphabet | |
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| ISO 639-1 | pi |
| ISO 639-2 | pli |
| ISO 639-3 | pli |
pli | |
| Glottolog | pali1273 |
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