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6 : Scientific Contents in Prākrta Canons
primarily there are two varieties under this category with some sub-varieties as shown below :
Language
Analytic (Ayogātmaka ). (Isolating, Positional, non-agglomerating, Chinese)
Synthetic (Yogātmaka ) (Agglomerating, prefix-suffixed)
(i) incorporating (greenlandish)
(ii) non-incorporating (iii) Inflecting (Turkish, Santhali, Polynesian )
Internal
External
(i) Synthetic
Arabic
(ii) Analytic
Hebrew
(i) Synthetic (ii) Analytic
Samskrta Hindi Indo-European English
It should, however, be borne in mind that no language completely satisfies a single class or subclass. It has only its major structure referring to a class. Secondly, there seems a trend towards development of analyticism in languages rather than syntheticism.
The languages having non-incorporation of elements of meaning and connective structures are known as analytic languages. They do not have cases, prefixes and suffixes etc. They do not require them as they have separate words for separate meanings. Each word may have its meaning depending upon its position or order. The connective element is a separate word. There is no change or derivations in the word like Samskrta. Chinese, Burmese, Thai and Tibbetan ( position,
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