I am new to the list. I am a little new to Buddhism. I understand that Pali belongs to the Indo-European language family, Indo-Aryan. Should make it somewhat easy to learn. I hope. In Chinese there is only one verb tense I just found out. That is why they say something like this: Yesterday I go there. My native language is English and I live in the U.S.
I would welcome any suggestions on what book in English-Pali I could learn basic Pali. I would also like to know what modern Indian language is closest to Pali in grammar? I like Theravada Buddhism also. Nice to meet all of you.