Pali
Extinct languageLanguage Information
Pali is the liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism, used in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia. It is not spoken as a native language.
Pali is a Middle Indo-Aryan language, related to Sanskrit. The Buddhist scriptures of the Pali Canon were written down in Sri Lanka in the 1st century B.C. It is written in the local script of each country.
Pali is a Middle Indo-Aryan language, related to Sanskrit. The Buddhist scriptures of the Pali Canon were written down in Sri Lanka in the 1st century B.C. It is written in the local script of each country.
- Language Family
- Indo-European
- Subgroup
- Indo-Iranian
- Branch
- Indic