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Sanskrit, Sanskritic language
(Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes
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Sindhi
the Indic language of Sind which is spoken also in western India
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Dard, Dardic, Dardic language
any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan
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Nepali
the official state language of Nepal
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Prakrit
any of the vernacular Indic languages of north and central India (as distinguished from Sanskrit) recorded from the 3rd century BC to the 4th century AD
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Prakrit
any of the modern Indic languages
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Gypsy, Romany
the Indic language of the Gypsies
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Urdu
the official literary language of Pakistan, closely related to Hindi; widely used in India (mostly by Moslems); written in Arabic script
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Hindi
the most widely spoken of modern Indic vernaculars; spoken mostly in the north of India; along with English it is the official language of India; usually written in Devanagari script
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Bihari
the Indic language spoken in Bihar (and by some people in Pakistan and Bangladesh)
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Magadhan
a subfamily of Indic languages
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Mahratti, Marathi
an Indic language; the state language of Maharashtra in west central India; written in the Devanagari script
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Gujarati, Gujerati
the Indic language spoken by the people of India who live in Gujarat in western India
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Panjabi, Punjabi
the Indic language spoken by most people in Punjab in northwestern India
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Singhalese, Sinhala, Sinhalese
the Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka
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Shina
a Dardic language spoken in northern Kashmir
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Khowar
a Dardic language spoken in northwestern Pakistan
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Kafiri
a Dardic language spoken by the Kafir in northeastern Afghanistan
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Kashmiri
the official state language of Kashmir
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Pali
an ancient Prakrit language (derived from Sanskrit) that is the scriptural and liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism
