Pali

Also known as Pāli language, Pāli, pi, Magadhan, Pâli, Pali language

Prakrit-Sprache, indische Literatursprache

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Pali is a Middle Indo-Aryan language that serves as the sacred language of Theravada Buddhism and is used in the Tipiṭaka, Buddhism's earliest scriptural texts. The language was officially designated as a classical language of India by the Indian government in October 2024.

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Language.name: Pāḷi
Language.states: Ancient Magadh region of India
Language.era: 3rd century BCE – present
Language.speakers2: Liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism
Language.familycolor: Indo-European
Language.fam2: Indo-Iranian
Language.fam3: Indo-Aryan
Language.script: Brāhmī, Devanāgarī, Kharoṣṭhī, Khmer, Mon-Burmese, Thai, Tai Tham, Sinhala and transliteration to the Latin script, Chakma
Language.iso1: pi
Language.iso2: pli
Language.iso3: pli
Language.linglist: pli
Language.notice: Indic
Language.glotto: pali1273
Language.glottorefname: Pali
Language.notice2: IPA
Language.image: Burmese Kammavaca Manuscript.jpg
Language.imagecaption: Burmese Kammavaca manuscript written in Pali using the Burmese script

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Instance of: ancient language
Subclass of: Prakrit
Part of: Classical Languages of India
Country: India
Image: Pali language.svg

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Commons category: Pali language
Stack Exchange tag: buddhism.stackexchange.com/tags/pali-language
native label: 𑀧𑀸𑀴𑀺
writing system: Khmer
topic's main category: Category:Pali
Wikimedia language code: pi
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 0
described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
topic has template: Q36491187
has grammatical case: locative case
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/PLI
P10369: Larry Sanger
P11012: Tremellodendropsis tuberosa
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
P13311: Daihatsu
indigenous to: Indian subcontinent

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Pali (पाळि Pāḷi, deutsch ‚der Text‘ „die Zeile“) ist eine mittelindoarische Sprache. Ob Pali jemals eine gesprochene Sprache war, gilt als umstritten. Heute wird es eher als Literatursprache eingestuft. Pali gehört zu den Prakrit-Sprachen.

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