A Note on the Jataka Tales 9

For example Bengali Assamese Oriya, Bihari, Maithili , Bholpuri --- they sparang from Magadhi Apabhramsa . These vernaculars are now at he centre stage and Sanskrit is now eemed to be a dead language. The margin and is fading and imperceptible. Interestingly enough the margin in Prakrit multiplied into many vernaculars and one (?) margin caused the emergence of many centres in the many vernaculars. But nothing can be perpetually at the centre. Now that the vernaculars are at the centre they are being challenged by margin on two fronts. Whenever a language is born, it has a standard version The other versions of the same are Dialects. The Dialects in the margin challenge the authority of the standard language. Again the impact of Globalisation and English as a world language being in the margin creates another site conflict where the authority of the vernacular is being challenged.