. . . . . "pli" . . "P\u0101li"@en . "pi" . "Pali"@en . "pli" . "Pali (P\u0101li) is a Prakrit language native to the Indian subcontinent. It is widely studied because it is the language of many of the earliest extant literature of Buddhism as collected in the P\u0101li Canon or Tipi\u1E6Daka and is the sacred language of Theravada Buddhism."@en .