Dear Zeb and friends,
I've put up a new page under Pali Companion:
http://www.tipitaka.net/pali/companion/010002.htm
Not much of history yet, but I hope to have unfold the language tree
'mystery'. I am no language expert, so there may be some mistakes. If
so, please let me know. I will also add pointers to this page as and
when I have more information. Comments are welcomed to improve the
page.
Thank you,
YP.
--- zeb1001@... wrote:
I am trying to find out a little about the history of the Pali
language, ie. the origins.There seems to be confliting views on the
roll of sankrit as pertaining to the prakrit languages. Did the
prakrits evolve from sanskrit, or is sanskrit a "polished" prakrit.
Does this look right> Indo-european>Indo-ariyan>Prakrit>Magadhi>Pali.?
Any info on this topic would be much appreciated.
Metta zeb