Sant Bhasha
Language composed of vocabulary common to northern Indian languages, used in Sikh scripture / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sant Bhasha (ਸੰਤ-ਭਾਸ਼ਾ (Gurmukhi); Sant Bhāṣā; meaning "language of saints") is a liturgical and scriptural language composed of vocabulary common to northern Indian languages, which was extensively used by saints and poets to compose religious verses.[13][14] It can be understood by readers with a background in either Punjabi, Hindi-Urdu and its dialects.[citation needed]
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Sant Bhasha | |
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ਸੰਤ-ਭਾਸ਼ਾ | |
Region | Indian subcontinent |
Era | Medieval-period to present-day |
Indo-European
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Early forms | |
Gurmukhi (including Anandpur Lipi) | |
Sources | Punjabi and its dialects, Lahnda, Saraiki (specifically Multani), regional Prakrits, Apabhramsa, Sanskrit, Hindustani languages (Braj, Kauravi, Bangru, Awadhi, Old Hindi, Deccani), Bhojpuri, Sindhi, Marathi, Marwari, Bengali, Persian, and Arabic[8][9][10][11][12] |
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