Sanskrit

Summary

Sanskrit is a language^[1]. Sanskrit ranks in the top 0.071% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,525 views/month, #4 of 5,611).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sanskrit is in the country of India^[3].
• Sanskrit's instance of is recorded as language^[4].
• Sanskrit's instance of is recorded as ancient language^[5].
• Sanskrit's instance of is recorded as macrolanguage^[6].
• Sanskrit is a type of Old Indo-Aryan^[7].
• Sanskrit's writing system is recorded as Devanagari^[8].
• Sanskrit's writing system is recorded as Kannada script^[9].
• Sanskrit's writing system is recorded as Vatteluttu^[10].
• Sanskrit's writing system is recorded as Sharada^[11].
• Sanskrit's writing system is recorded as Siddhaṃ^[12].
• Sanskrit's writing system is recorded as Nandinagari^[13].
• Sanskrit's writing system is recorded as Nāgarī^[14].
• Sanskrit is part of Classical Languages of India^[15].
• Sanskrit is part of Schedule languages of India^[16].
• Sanskrit's Commons category is recorded as Sanskrit^[17].
• Sanskrit's Wikimedia language code is recorded as sa^[18].
• Sanskrit comprises Classical Sanskrit^[19].
• Sanskrit comprises Vedic Sanskrit^[20].
• Sanskrit's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 26.5, 'lon': 71.5}^[21].
• Sanskrit's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sanskrit^[22].
• Sanskrit's Commons gallery is recorded as Sanskrit^[23].
• Sanskrit's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+2212'}^[24].
• Sanskrit's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+6106'}^[25].
• Sanskrit's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+49736'}^[26].
• Sanskrit's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+14135'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Sanskrit include World Sanskrit Day^[28], a world day^[29], founded in 1969^[30].

Why It Matters

Sanskrit ranks in the top 0.071% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,525 views/month, #4 of 5,611).^[2] Sanskrit has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] Sanskrit is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Sanskrit has been cited as an influence by English^[33], a natural language^[34], in American Samoa^[35]; Indonesian^[36], a language^[37], in Indonesia^[38]; Thai^[39], a natural language^[40], in Thailand^[41]; and Old Malay^[42], a language^[43], in Srivijaya^[44].

Entities named for Sanskrit include World Sanskrit Day^[28], a world day^[29], founded in 1969^[30].

FAQs

Who did Sanskrit influence?

Sanskrit has been cited as an influence by English^[33], Indonesian^[36], Thai^[39], and Old Malay^[42].