Editing Pali (section)

== Influence on other languages ==
Pali has influenced the languages of mainland Southeast Asia and South Asia to various degrees, among them [[Burmese language|Burmese]], [[Khmer language|Khmer]], [[Lao language|Lao]], [[Sinhala language|Sinhala]], and [[Thai language|Thai]].

In Cambodia, Pali replaced Sanskrit as a [[Prestige (sociolinguistics)|prestige language]] in the 13th century, coinciding with the spread of Theravada Buddhism there.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Djité |first=Paulin G. |url= |title=The Language Difference: Language and Development in the Greater Mekong Sub-region |date=2011 |publisher=Multilingual Matters |isbn=978-1-84769-340-2 |pages=22 |language=en}}</ref> Throughout the 1900s, [[Chuon Nath]] used Pali roots to coin Khmer neologisms to describe modern phenomena, such as the 'train.'<ref>{{Cite news |last=Becker |first=Stuart Alan |date=2011-04-08 |title=Chuon Nath: Guardian of cambodian culture |url=https://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-plus/chuon-nath-guardian-cambodian-culture |access-date=2024-02-19 |work=The Phnom Penh Post |language=en}}</ref> Similarly, in 20th century Thailand and Laos, local scholars, including [[Chit Phumisak|Jit Bhumisak]] and [[Vajiravudh]] coined new words using Pali roots to describe foreign concepts and technological innovations.<ref>{{Cite book |last=McDaniel |first=Justin Thomas |url= |title=Gathering Leaves and Lifting Words: Histories of Buddhist Monastic Education in Laos and Thailand |date=2010-12-01 |publisher=University of Washington Press |isbn=978-0-295-98922-8 |pages=187–188 |language=en}}</ref>

In Myanmar, since its earliest stage as [[Old Burmese]], the Burmese language has readily adopted thousands of loanwords from Pali, particularly in the domains of religion, government, arts, and science, whereas the adoption of Sanskrit loanwords has been confined to specialized subjects like astrology, astronomy, and medicine.<ref name=":6">{{Citation |last=Pe |first=Hla |chapter=Part D. On Language |title=Burma |date=2018-06-25 |pages=103–138 |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1355/9789814377904-007/html |access-date=2024-02-19 |publisher=ISEAS Publishing |language=en |doi=10.1355/9789814377904-007 |isbn=978-981-4377-90-4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jenny |first=Mathias |year=2013 |title=The Mon language:recipient and donor between Burmese and Thai |url=https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/81044 |journal=Journal of Language and Culture |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=5–33 |doi=10.5167/UZH-81044}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Wheatley |first1=Julian |last2=Hnin Tun |first2=San San |year=1999 |title=Languages in Contact: The Case of English and Burmese |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/411086 |journal=Journal of Burma Studies |language=en |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=61–99 |doi=10.1353/jbs.1999.0001 |issn=2010-314X}}</ref> The first to tenth [[ordinal number]]s in Burmese are also directly borrowed form Pali.<ref name="bbe">{{cite book |last=Okell |first=John |url=http://www.soas.ac.uk/bbe/file53735.pdf |title=Burmese By Ear |date=2002 |publisher=The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London |isbn=186013758X |access-date=2015-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420002442/https://www.soas.ac.uk/bbe/file53735.pdf |archive-date=2021-04-20 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Burmese has a long history of using and repurposing Pali roots to coin Burmese neologisms well into the 20th century, including the words for 'feudalism' (from Pali {{IAST|padesa + rāja}}), 'organization' (from Pali {{IAST|samagga}}), and 'leader' (from Pali {{IAST|ukkaṭṭha}}).<ref name=":6" /> Pali has also influenced Burmese grammatical structures, particularly in the literary register of Burmese.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Comrie |first=Bernard |url= |title=The World's Major Languages |year=2018 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-29049-0 |language=en}}</ref> By the 13th century, the third person pronoun in Pali ({{IAST|so}}) had become grammaticized into the Burmese grammatical particle ''so'' (သော), which is still used to modify nouns, following Pali syntax.<ref name=":5">{{Citation |last=Yanson |first=Rudolf A. |title=On Pali-Burmese Interference |date=2002-01-01 |work=Medieval Tibeto-Burman Languages |pages=39–57 |url=https://brill.com/display/book/edcoll/9789047401308/B9789047401308_s008.xml |access-date=2024-02-19 |publisher=Brill |language=en |doi=10.1163/9789047401308_008 |isbn=978-90-474-0130-8}}</ref> Until the 19th century, Burmese prose writing was heavily influenced by Pali texts, in particular ''nissaya'' texts that first emerged in the 15th century.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5" />

In Sri Lanka, Pali has enriched the Sinhala language since the [[Anuradhapura period]], particularly in the realm of literature, as exemplified by the [[Dīpavaṃsa|Dipavamsa]] and [[Mahāvaṃsa|Mahavamsa]] chronicles, both written in Pali verse.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last1=Silva |first1=K. M. De |url= |title=A History of Sri Lanka |last2=Silva |first2=Kingsley M. De |date=2005 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-955-8095-92-8 |pages=77–79 |language=en}}</ref> Following the Anuradhapura period, Sanskrit became more influential in the development of Sinhala<ref name=":4" />