Khasa Prakrit | |
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खश, खष, खशीर | |
Native to | Khasa Kingdom |
Region | Indian subcontinent |
Ethnicity | Khasas |
Indo-European
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | None |
Khasa Prakrit (also known as Khas Prakrit, Sanskrit Khasa, Himalayan Prakrit, Northern Prakrit, Khas Kura) is a Prakrit language of medieval India and a common ancestor language of the Pahari languages, which includes Nepali, Kumaoni, Jaunsari, Mandeali, Kangri and Garhwali languages. [1] [2] It was commonly referred to as खश (Khaśa), खष (Khaṣa), and खशीर ( khaśīra) in the Sanskrit texts.
Indian linguist Suniti Kumar Chatterji suggests that Nepali language developed from Khasa Prakrit. [3] Khas Prakrit is named after the speakers of language, Khas people, who live in the Himalayas. [4]
Khasa belongs to the Indo-European family of languages. Like other Indo-Aryan languages, Khasa is a direct descendant of an early form of Vedic Sanskrit, through Shauraseni Prakrit and Śauraseni Apabhraṃśa (from Sanskrit apabhraṃśa "corrupt"). [5]
Nepali | Kumauni | Kashmiri | ||||
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Masc | Fem | Masc | Fem | Masc | Fem | |
I am | chu | chu | chic | chu | thus | ches |
You are | chas | ches | chai | chi | chukh | chekh |
He is | cha | che | ch | chi | chuh | cheh |