Who is called the author of the first Marathi grammar?

Who is called the author of the first Marathi grammar?

Notable examples of Marathi prose are “Līḷācarītra” (लीळाचरित्र), events and anecdotes from the miracle-filled the life of Chakradhar Swami of the Mahanubhava sect compiled by his close disciple, Mahimbhatta, in 1238. The Līḷācarītra is thought to be the first biography written in the Marathi language.

Is Urdu an Indo-Aryan language?

Urdu language, member of the Indo-Aryan group within the Indo-European family of languages. Urdu is spoken as a first language by nearly 70 million people and as a second language by more than 100 million people, predominantly in Pakistan and India.

Is Indo-Aryan group is inflected?

Indo Aryan and Dravidian Group Grammatical structure of Indo Aryan group is inflected i.e. the words ending or its spelling changes according to its grammatical function in a sentence.

What is the origin of modern Indo-Aryan languages?

Modern Indo-Aryan languages descend from Old Indo-Aryan languages such as early Sanskrit, through Middle Indo-Aryan languages (or Prakrits).

Is there a lexicostatistical study of the new Indo-Aryan languages?

Anton I. Kogan, in 2016, conducted a lexicostatistical study of the New Indo-Aryan languages based on a 100-word Swadesh list, using techniques developed by the glottochronologist and comparative linguist Sergei Starostin.

What is the meaning of Proto-Indo-Aryan?

Proto-Indo-Aryan, or sometimes Proto-Indic, is the reconstructed proto-language of the Indo-Aryan languages. It is intended to reconstruct the language of the pre-Vedic Indo-Aryans. Proto-Indo-Aryan is meant to be the predecessor of Old Indo-Aryan (1500–300 BCE) which is directly attested as Vedic and Mitanni-Aryan.

What are the symbols used in Indo-Aryan writing?

For New Indo-Aryan the symbols ə, pronounced as the a in English “sofa,” and a are used for the sounds earlier transcribed as a and ā, respectively; e.g., Gujarati karũ “I do” and māro “beat” are now written kərũ and maro. This practice permits certain contrasts to be made among sounds that are significant in the description of dialectal features.