Pali
Pali (/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.
| Pali | |
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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 Liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism |
| Brāhmī, Devanāgarī, Kharoṣṭhī, Khmer, Mon-Burmese, Thai, Tai Tham, Sinhala and transliteration to the Latin alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | pi |
| ISO 639-2 | pli |
| ISO 639-3 | pli |
pli | |
| Glottolog | pali1273 |
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