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Pali

Human language
Pali is a Middle Indo-Aryan liturgical language on the Indian subcontinent. It is widely studied because it is the language of the Buddhist Pāli Canon or Tipiṭaka as well as the sacred language of Theravāda Buddhism. Wikipedia
Region: Asia
Language family: Indo-European languages
Era: 3rd century BCE – present; Liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism
Pronunciation: paːli
Writing system: Brāhmī, Devanāgarī, Kharoṣṭhī, Khmer, Mon-Burmese, Thai, Tai Tham, Sinhala and transliteration to the Latin alphabet