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 Lõisian scholars call Vedic Sanskrit "Old Indic" (Puráṙna·sáinḋavaṁ), and unlike in our timeline, more conservative (i.e. less Prakrit-like) dialects were spoken in the first few centuries AD as vernacular languages. The situation was a bit like Arabic dialects in our timeline, with Classical Sanskrit (identical to our timeline) serving as a bridge between the different native dialects.
-Most dialects have some innovations traceable to Vedic Sanskrit, like the use of retroflex lateral flaps /ɭ ɭʰ/ for <żd żḋ> (termed "thick D" by phoneticians). Extreme northwestern Sanskrit, though, uses dental fricatives /ð ðʰ/, deriving from a Vedic dialect that used /ɭd ɭdʰ/. /r/ is pronounced as a uvular fricative or trill in some Southern dialects.
+Most dialects have some innovations traceable to Vedic Sanskrit, like the use of retroflex lateral flaps /ɭ ɭʰ/ for <żd żḋ> (termed "thick D" by phoneticians). Extreme northwestern Sanskrit, though, uses dental fricatives /ð ðʰ/, deriving from a Vedic dialect that used /ɭ͢d̪ ɭ͢d̪ʰ/. /r/ is pronounced as a uvular fricative or trill in some Southern dialects.
 The main Prakrits in Lõis are Pali, Gandhari and a variant of Sauraseni, which gave rise to the modern Indic languages in Lõis. They are considered separate languages. In addition, there is a Sanskrit-Greek creole language spoken in Heleasia.