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Name:
Vedic Sanskrit
Code:
091
Code Authority:
LINGUIST List
Code Standard:
Private Use
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Subgroup:
Indo-Aryan; Indic; Indische Gruppe; indisch (inda)
Child Subgroups:
Indo-Aryan Northern Zone; Northern Indic Zone; Pahari; Himalayan Zone (ianz)
Indo-Aryan East Central Zone; East-Central Northern Indian (iaec)
Unclassified Indo-Aryan (unia)
Dardic (dard)
Indo-Aryan Northwestern Zone; Northwest Indic Zone (ianw)
Child Languages:
Sauraseni Prakrit; Prakrit; Sauraseni; Śauraseni Prākrit; Shourseni; Shauraseni (psu)
Māhārāṣṭrī Prākrit; Prakrit; Maharashtri; Dākṣinātyā; Maharashtri Prakrit; Maharastri Prakrit (pmh)
Ardhamagadhi Prakrit; Prakrit; Ardhamagadhi (pka)
Sanskrit; Classical Sanskrit; sanskrit (san)
Paisaci Prakrit; Prakrit (qpp)
Gāndhārī (092)
Brief Description:
Vedic sanskrit is the language of the Vedas, the oldest shruti texts of Hinduism, compiled over the period of the mid 2nd to mid 1st millennium BC. It is an archaic form of Sanskrit, and the oldest attested language of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family.
Linguist List Status: Extinct with children
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct with children
Map of Vedic Sanskrit
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