Kamarupi Prakrit
Middle Indo-Aryan language used in ancient Kamarupa, Indian subcontinent / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kamarupi Prakrit[1] is the postulated Middle Indo-Aryan (MIA) Prakrit language used in ancient Kamarupa (11th–13th century). This language has been derived from Gauda-Kamarupi Prakrit and the historical ancestor of the Kamatapuri lects and the modern Assamese language;[2][3] and can be dated prior to 1250 CE, when the proto-Kamta language, the parent of the Kamatapuri lects, began to develop.[4] Though not substantially proven, the existence of the language that predated the Kamatapuri lects and modern Assamese is widely believed to be descended from it.[5]
Kamarupi Prakrit | |
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Kamrupi Apabhramsa | |
Pronunciation | Kāmarūpī Prākrit |
Region | Kamarupa |
Era | First millennium |
Indo-European
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Early form | |
Kamarupi script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | None |
Coordinates: 26.15°N 90.81°E / 26.15; 90.81 |
The evidence of this MIA exist in systematic errors in the Sanskrit language used in the Kamarupa inscriptions.[6] A distinguishing characteristic of Kamarupa inscriptions is the replacement of ś and ṣ by s, which is contrary to Vararuci's rule, the main characteristic of Magadhi Prakrit, which warrants that ṣ and s are replaced by ś.[7] Linguists claim this apabhramsa gave rise to various eastern Indo-European languages like modern Assamese and felt its presence in the form of Kamrupi and Kamatapuri lects.[8][9]