Prakrit

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Prakrit
Geographic
distribution
Indian subcontinent
Linguistic classificationIndo-European
ISO 639-2 / 5pra
GlottologNone
midd1350  (Middle Indo-Aryan)
Word for Prakrit Praakritee in the Mandsaur stone inscription of Yashodharman-Vishnuvardhana 532 CE.jpg
Word for "Prakrit" (here Prā-kṛ-te) in Late Brahmi script in the Mandsaur stone inscription of Yashodharman-Vishnuvardhana, 532 CE[1]

The Prakrits (/ˈprɑːkrɪt/; Early Brahmi