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--- Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@hidden.email> wrote: > Raven Silverwings wrote: > > I wouldn't know the exact number of them, but > let's see... Hindi, > > Punjabi, Romani, Telugu, Tamil, and Urdu... that's > about what I can > > think majorly. > > Actually, those aren't derived from Sanskrit, but > rather from the > Prakrits, dialects co-existing with Sanskrit in > ancient times. It's > unlikely that Sanskrit proper left any descendants, > in the same way as > the Romance languages are descended from Vulgar > Latin, not Classical. > And Telegu and Tamil are not even genetically related to Sanskrit at all since they belong to an entirely different family - Dravidian. Adam ===== Indjindrud edjuebu ul Azor ad ul Sadoc. Indjindrud edjuebu ul Sadoc ad ul Acim. Indjindrud edjuebu ul Acim ad ul Eliud. Indjindrud edjuebu ul Eliud ad ul Eleazar. Indjindrud edjuebu ul Eleazar ad ul Matan. Indjindrud ul Matan ad ul Jagovu. Indjindrud edjuebu ul Jagovu ad ul Jozevu ul maridu djal Maja dji fin ninadud ul Jezu fin nicuamad Cristu. Machu 1:14-16