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Re: Newbie



> 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.

Well, I learned something new today! :) There was an indian language 
that I read about that shared the difficultness of Sanskrit, and was 
about the same antiquity, but, since you know more about, do you 
think you know about it? Would the language of the Prakrits be that 
one?