Prakrit: Language family
Prakrit (from prakrta, meaning natural) was the Indo-Aryan languages spoken in ancient India.
The prakrits were used as a colloquial language, and can be contrasted therein with Sanskrit which was used as a literary language and developed a real written grammar. We can say that the Prakrits stand to Sanskrit as Vulgar Latin stands to Classical Latin.
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