Dear Matthew and friends,

of course, the reason why Buddha used Pali to speak to the masses and
not the higher-class ancient Sanskrit is another story. You can
imagine them as the common English and Queen's English. Btw, I am not
a language expert, and do not know much of the details.

metta,
Yong Peng

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Ong Yong Peng wrote:
Pali was a vernacular which did not necessary have a script...