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MAGADHAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A subfamily of Indic languages
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Magadhan" is a kind of...):
Sanskrit; Sanskritic language ((Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Magadhan"):
Asamiya; Assamese (the Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people; closely related to Bengali)
Bangla; Bengali (a Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal)
Oriya (a Magadhan language that is spoken by the Oriya and is the official language of the Indian state of Orissa)
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