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The shift from flexible word order in Old Sanskrit toward rigid subject-object-verb order in later Indian languages

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An example of: Language Contact

Related concepts

Subject–Object–Verb Word OrderSanskrit sapta developing through Pali into Hindi sātSanskrit retroflex consonants unexplained by regular sound change but paralleled in Dravidian languagesrelated forms for father and three across Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, and EnglishSanskrit Dravidian Bhai-Bhaicomputer borrowed from English into HindiSchwa Deletionthe comparative method and common linguistic descentElegance of the Devanagari ScriptConstitution of IndiaJodhabai Changed History of India