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Sanskrit retroflex consonants unexplained by regular sound change but paralleled in Dravidian languages

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An example of: Substrate Influence

Related concepts

Sanskrit Dravidian Bhai-BhaiThe shift from flexible word order in Old Sanskrit toward rigid subject-object-verb order in later Indian languagesSanskrit sapta developing through Pali into Hindi sātRuki Sound LawRUKI RuleSchwa DeletionGradual Sound Changeborrowed words being adapted to the receiving language's pronunciationrelated forms for father and three across Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, and EnglishSame Spelling, Different Phonemes Across LanguagesRegular Sound ChangeHalant (Virama)