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Language code: pli

Technical information about ISO 639 language code pli

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The table below provides technical details for the Pali language, designated by the pli code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

pli

Name

Official

Pali

Native

पाऴि

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Related languages
SanskritArdhamāgadhī PrakritMagadhī PrakritShauraseni PrakritGandhārī
Key facts
Primary liturgical tongue of Theravāda Buddhist scripturesEarliest textual evidence dates to about the 3rd century BCEHas no native speakers today and is learned for religious and academic purposesGrammar keeps many Old Indo-Aryan traits but with simplified phonology and sandhiWritten in more than a dozen scripts, including Devanagari, Sinhala, Burmese, Thai, Khmer and Roman.
Sample phrase

नमो ते, कच्चि त्वं कुशलं?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Pali language, identified by the code pli, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Ancient' by its type.

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