--- Den sön 2010-01-31 skrev DC Wijeratna <dcwijeratna@...>:

<The Buddha never spoke "Pali" (the language). Pali was a later creation. However the Buddha's  speech was referred to as 'paali' by the commentators. This is textual evidence.>
 
I think the primary mening of "paa.li" is "text"; the full name of the language is "paa.li-bhaasa", "text language", and e. g. "diigha-nikaaya-paa.li" does not mean "DN in Pali" but "the text of the DN", as distinct from the commentary and subcommentary.

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