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Ardhamāgadhī Mahārāṣṭrī language Aśoka Shauraseni language Paisaci dialect Pāli language Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit language Indo-Aryan languages Apabhramsha language Hindi language Sanskrit language Bengali language Hindustani language Punjabi language Sindhi language Urdu language Odia language Kachchhi language

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