Re: Origin of Sanskrit (was: Mapping the Origins and Expansion of...

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham" <richard.wordingham@...> wrote:

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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "shivkhokra" shivkhokra@ wrote:
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> > Does Sanskrit bear no relationship to the language used in Rg Veda?
> > If not what is Sanskrit derived from?
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> The Indian languages usually described as Indo-Aryan are clearly related. What is more complicated is their precise relationships. As at least until recently the bulk of the Indo-Aryan languages of village India formed a dialect continuum, any tree may be expected to be fuzzy.
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Here is an example of Sanskrit, Gatha and Pali:

Sanskrit_Gatha_Pali

Gatha was a language of the bards in Buddhist times.

Regards,
Shivraj