Hi Mr Man,
Mr Man wrote:How about the Oriya language which is spoken in Orissa (India)?
Thank you, it seems even closer.
"The script in the edicts of Ashoka in 2nd century BC at Dhauli and Jaugada and the inscriptions of Kharavela in Hati Gumpha of Khandagiri give us the first glimpse of possible origin of Oriya language. From the point of view of language, the inscriptions of Hati Gumpha are near modern Oriya and essentially different from the language of the Ashokan edicts. A point has also been made as to whether Pali was the prevalent language in Orissa during this period. The Hati Gumpha inscriptions, which are in Pali, are perhaps the only evidence of stone inscriptions in Pali. This may be the reason why the German linguist Prof. Hermann Oldenberg mentioned that Pali was the original language of Orissa."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriya_language" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hathigumpha_inscription" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"The only inscription, the language of which is akin to Pali, is the Hati-Gumpha inscription of Kharavela, dated the 160th year of the Maurya era."
http://books.google.com.ua/books?id=QYx ... 9&lpg=PA19" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://books.google.com.ua/books?id=XdC ... A5&lpg=PA5" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Journal ... f/9-10.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://gujaratisbs.webs.com/Abstracts%2 ... 20More.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I missed it, since it is called Utkali on the diagram:
http://books.google.com.ua/books?id=5eD ... &lpg=PA264" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Best wishes, Dmytro