>A couple of questions:
>
>Does Paali have sandhi between words, as does Samskrta? (It would seem not,
>from what I've seen, but I just want to check that out.)
>
>In which script is Paali most usually written? I am familiar with the
>Devanagari script, but I've seen Sri Lankan websites where the Paali is
>written in Sinhala script. *Is* there a "normal" script for Paali, or is it
>simply written in whatever script the writer normally uses, i.e. Sinhala
>script for Sinhala-speakers, Devanagari script for speakers of
>Samskrta/Hindi-speakers, and presumably Roman script for speakers of
>European languages?
>
>Metta,
>Doug

Dear Doug, welcome. From the way I understand the somewhat complex history
of Pâli, it is mainly a vernacular language which has been put into writing
in different places using the main local script available at the time. So I
do not think there is a "normal" script, but there is the point that some
of the most ancient texts available, or those serving to define the Canon,
are indeed written in Sinhala or Burmese or Sanskrit etc.

Mettâ-cittena

Gabriel Jîvasattha Bittar


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