Magadhi Prakrit

Magadhi Prakrit (Māgadhī) or Magadhan was a vernacular Middle Indo-Aryan language, replacing earlier Vedic Sanskrit in parts of the Indian subcontinents.[2] It was spoken in present-day Bihar, and eastern Uttar Pradesh which later expanded southeast to include some regions of modern day Bengal, Odisha, and Assam, and used in some dramas to represent vernacular dialogue in Prakrit dramas. It is believed to be the language spoken by the important religious figures Gautama Buddha and Mahavira and was also the language of the courts of the Magadha mahajanapada and the Maurya Empire; some of the Edicts of Ashoka were composed in it.[3]

Not to be confused with Ardhamagadhi Prakrit.
Magadhi Prakrit/Magadhan
Māgadhī
RegionIndia
Extinctdeveloped into the Eastern Indo-Aryan languages[1]
Indo-European
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
GlottologNone

Magadhi Prakrit later evolved into the Eastern Indo-Aryan languages, including the Bengali–Assamese languages (Assamese, Bengali, Rangpuri, Chakma, Chittagonian, Rohingya, Sylheti and others), Bihari languages (Magahi, Bhojpuri Maithili and others), and Odia, among others.[1][4]

References
  1. South Asian folklore: an encyclopedia : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, By Peter J. Claus, Sarah Diamond, Margaret Ann Mills, Routledge, 2003, p. 203
  2. Cardona, George; Jain, Dhanesh, eds. (2003), "The historical context and development of Indo-Aryan", The Indo-Aryan Languages, Routledge language family series, London: Routledge, pp. 46–66, ISBN 0-7007-1130-9
  3. Bashan A.L., The Wonder that was India, Picador, 2004, pp.394
  4. Ray, Tapas S. (2007). "Chapter Eleven: "Oriya". In Jain, Danesh; Cardona, George. The Indo-Aryan Languages. Routledge. p. 445. ISBN 978-1-135-79711-9.
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