--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Gunnar Gällmo <gunnargallmo@...> wrote:

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> ... there is no secular use of Pali to speak of.
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I heard in Japan that a similar form of Pali is spoken in some area of
India, but I am not sure whether it is true.

Also, a group of people in Nepal claims that they belong to the same
clan of the Buddha. I know this from the Buddhist Channel. Maybe their
language is the same language of the Buddha.

Thomas Law