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Language code: pra

Technical information about ISO 639 language code pra

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

Code

pra

Name

Prakrit languages

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
PaliArdhamagadhiSauraseniMaharashtriMagadhiPaisaciApabhraṃśa
Related languages
Classical SanskritGāndhārīVedic SanskritApabhraṃśaOld Gujarati
Key facts
Pali Buddhist canon is composed in a PrakritEmperor Aśoka’s 3rd-century BCE edicts are written in regional Prakrits and form the earliest long inscriptions in an Indo-Aryan tongueDistinctive phonetic features of Hindi, Marathi and Bengali can be traced to different Prakrit ancestorsJain scriptures preserve large bodies of Ardhamagadhi and Sauraseni literatureThe term “Prakrit” means “natural/ordinary language,” contrasting with the “refined” Classical Sanskrit.
Sample phrase

हओ, तुं कइसे असि?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Prakrit languages language, identified by the code pra, falls under the 'Collective' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Genetic, Ancient' by its type.

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