There are 2 ethnic groups claiming descendance from
the Buddha in Nepal: the Newars and a subgroup from
them, namely the Sakyas; both speak - beside Nepali
that is related to other contemporary Indian prakrits
like Hindi - a sino-tibetan tonal language.

With Metta


--- thomaslaw03 <thomaslaw03@...> wrote:

> --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Gunnar Gällmo
> <gunnargallmo@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > ... there is no secular use of Pali to speak of.
> >
>
> 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
>
>
>

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