Using Large Language Models in Formalizing Classical Linguistic Descriptions: A Case Study in Middle Indo-Aryan Sound Change
We present a systematic evaluation of Large Language Models (LLMs) in translating classical descriptions of phonological and morphophonological change from Old Indo-Aryan (Sanskrit) to Middle Indo-Aryan (MIA) into the standard notation of modern historical linguistics. Drawing on Vararuci’s Prākṛta Prakāśa (c. 4th ce...