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	'''Sanskrit''' is an ancient [[Indian languages\|Indian language]]. It is a sacred language of [[Hinduism]], [[Buddhism]], and [[Jainism]] and is the origin of most Indian languages. Today, about 14,000 people in [[India]] use it as their daily language. It is one of the 22 official languages of India<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://india.gov.in/govt/documents/english/7thSch-AppV_219-280.pdf \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004031805/http://india.gov.in/govt/documents/english/7thSch-AppV_219-280.pdf \|archivedate=4 October 2007		'''Sanskrit''' is an ancient [[Indian languages\|Indian language]]. It is a sacred language of [[Hinduism]], [[Buddhism]], and [[Jainism]] and is the origin of most Indian languages. Today, about 14,000 people in [[India]] use it as their daily language. It is one of the 22 official languages of India<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://india.gov.in/govt/documents/english/7thSch-AppV_219-280.pdf \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004031805/http://india.gov.in/govt/documents/english/7thSch-AppV_219-280.pdf \|archivedate=4 October 2007
	\|title=Indian Constitution Art.344(1) & Art.345 \|publisher=Web.archive.org \|date=4 October 2007 \|accessdate=2012-04-05}}</ref> and an official language of the state of [[Uttarakhand]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Sanskrit-is-second-official-language-in-Uttarakhand/Article1-499467.aspx \|title=Sanskrit is second official language in Uttarakhand – The Hindustan Times \|publisher=Hindustantimes.com \|date=19 January 2010 \|accessdate=2012-04-05}}</ref>		\|title=Indian Constitution Art.344(1) & Art.345 \|publisher=Web.archive.org \|date=4 October 2007 \|accessdate=2012-04-05}}</ref> and an official language of the state of [[Uttarakhand]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Sanskrit-is-second-official-language-in-Uttarakhand/Article1-499467.aspx \|title=Sanskrit is second official language in Uttarakhand – The Hindustan Times \|publisher=Hindustantimes.com \|date=19 January 2010 \|accessdate=2012-04-05}}</ref>

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	Sanskrit [[literature]] includes [[poetry]] and [[drama]]. There are also scientific, technical, [[Hindu philosophy\|philosophical]] and [[dharma\|religious]] texts.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/satyam-bruyat/sanskrit-as-a-language-of-science/\|title=Sanskrit as a language of science}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last=Katju \|first=Markandey \|date=5 December 2011 \|title=Markandey Katju: What is India? \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/What-is-India/articleshow/10994212.cms \|newspaper=The Times of India}}</ref> Sanskrit continues to be widely used as a ceremonial language in Hindu religious rituals and Buddhist practice in the form of [[hymn]]s and [[mantra\|chant]]s.		Sanskrit [[literature]] includes [[poetry]] and [[drama]]. There are also scientific, technical, [[Hindu philosophy\|philosophical]] and [[dharma\|religious]] texts.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/satyam-bruyat/sanskrit-as-a-language-of-science/\|title=Sanskrit as a language of science}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last=Katju \|first=Markandey \|date=5 December 2011 \|title=Markandey Katju: What is India? \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/What-is-India/articleshow/10994212.cms \|newspaper=The Times of India}}</ref> Sanskrit continues to be widely used as a ceremonial language in Hindu religious rituals and Buddhist practice in the form of [[hymn]]s and [[mantra\|chant]]s.

	The language has a very complex [[grammar]], with eight [[case (grammar)\|grammatical cases]], the [[~~Grammatical~~ gender~~\|grammatical genders~~]], and three [[grammatical number~~\|grammatical numbers~~]]. The language is considered highly scientific as each word in a sentence can describe the number, gender, and action of the subject.		The language has a very complex [[grammar]], with eight [[case (grammar)\|grammatical cases]], the [[grammatical gender]]s, and three [[grammatical number]]s. The language is considered highly scientific as each word in a sentence can describe the number, gender, and action of the subject.

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	'''Sanskrit''' is an ancient [[Indian languages\|Indian language]]. It is a sacred language of [[Hinduism]], [[Buddhism]], and [[Jainism]] and is the origin of most Indian languages. Today, about 14,000 people in [[India]] use it as their daily language.~~<ref name="Census" />~~ It is one of the 22 official languages of India<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://india.gov.in/govt/documents/english/7thSch-AppV_219-280.pdf \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004031805/http://india.gov.in/govt/documents/english/7thSch-AppV_219-280.pdf \|archivedate=4 October 2007		'''Sanskrit''' is an ancient [[Indian languages\|Indian language]]. It is a sacred language of [[Hinduism]], [[Buddhism]], and [[Jainism]] and is the origin of most Indian languages. Today, about 14,000 people in [[India]] use it as their daily language. It is one of the 22 official languages of India<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://india.gov.in/govt/documents/english/7thSch-AppV_219-280.pdf \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004031805/http://india.gov.in/govt/documents/english/7thSch-AppV_219-280.pdf \|archivedate=4 October 2007
	\|title=Indian Constitution Art.344(1) & Art.345 \|publisher=Web.archive.org \|date=4 October 2007 \|accessdate=2012-04-05}}</ref> and an official language of the state of [[Uttarakhand]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Sanskrit-is-second-official-language-in-Uttarakhand/Article1-499467.aspx \|title=Sanskrit is second official language in Uttarakhand – The Hindustan Times \|publisher=Hindustantimes.com \|date=19 January 2010 \|accessdate=2012-04-05}}</ref>		\|title=Indian Constitution Art.344(1) & Art.345 \|publisher=Web.archive.org \|date=4 October 2007 \|accessdate=2012-04-05}}</ref> and an official language of the state of [[Uttarakhand]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Sanskrit-is-second-official-language-in-Uttarakhand/Article1-499467.aspx \|title=Sanskrit is second official language in Uttarakhand – The Hindustan Times \|publisher=Hindustantimes.com \|date=19 January 2010 \|accessdate=2012-04-05}}</ref>

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	The language has a very complex [[grammar]], with eight [[case (grammar)\|grammatical cases]], the [[Grammatical gender\|grammatical genders]], and three [[grammatical number\|grammatical numbers]]. The language is considered highly scientific as each word in a sentence can describe the number, gender, and action of the subject.		The language has a very complex [[grammar]], with eight [[case (grammar)\|grammatical cases]], the [[Grammatical gender\|grammatical genders]], and three [[grammatical number\|grammatical numbers]]. The language is considered highly scientific as each word in a sentence can describe the number, gender, and action of the subject.

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'''Sanskrit''' is an ancient [[Indian languages|Indian language]]. It is a sacred language of [[Hinduism]], [[Buddhism]], and [[Jainism]] and is the origin of most Indian languages. Today, about 14,000 people in [[India]] use it as their daily language.<ref name="Census" /> It is one of the 22 official languages of India<ref>{{cite web|url=http://india.gov.in/govt/documents/english/7thSch-AppV_219-280.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004031805/http://india.gov.in/govt/documents/english/7thSch-AppV_219-280.pdf |archivedate=4 October 2007
|title=Indian Constitution Art.344(1) & Art.345 |publisher=Web.archive.org |date=4 October 2007 |accessdate=2012-04-05}}</ref> and an official language of the state of [[Uttarakhand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Sanskrit-is-second-official-language-in-Uttarakhand/Article1-499467.aspx |title=Sanskrit is second official language in Uttarakhand – The Hindustan Times |publisher=Hindustantimes.com |date=19 January 2010 |accessdate=2012-04-05}}</ref>

Sanskrit is a standardized [[dialect]] of [[Indo-Aryan languages#Old Indo-Aryan|Old Indo-Aryan]]. Its linguistic ancestry can be traced back to [[Proto-Indo-European]]. The Indo-Aryan migration theory proposes that the Indo-Aryans migrated from the Central Asian steppes into South Asia during the early 2nd millennium BC, which brought the Indo-Aryan languages.<ref>Witzel, Michael 2005. Indocentrism. In Bryant, Edwin & Patton, Laurie L. ''The Indo-Aryan controversy: evidence and inference in Indian history''. London: Routledge.</ref> The main script used to write Sanskrit is [[Devanagari|Devanāgarī]], but it can be written in the scripts of various other Indian languages and is sometimes written by the [[Latin script|Latin alphabet]].

William Jones, working as a judge in India in the 18th century, studied Sanskrit and recognized its similarities to [[Latin]] and [[Greek language|Greek]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jones_(philologist)]

Sanskrit [[literature]] includes [[poetry]] and [[drama]]. There are also scientific, technical, [[Hindu philosophy|philosophical]] and [[dharma|religious]] texts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/satyam-bruyat/sanskrit-as-a-language-of-science/|title=Sanskrit as a language of science}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Katju |first=Markandey |date=5 December 2011 |title=Markandey Katju: What is India? |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/What-is-India/articleshow/10994212.cms |newspaper=The Times of India}}</ref> Sanskrit continues to be widely used as a ceremonial language in Hindu religious rituals and Buddhist practice in the form of [[hymn]]s and [[mantra|chant]]s.

The language has a very complex [[grammar]], with eight [[case (grammar)|grammatical cases]], the [[Grammatical gender|grammatical genders]], and three [[grammatical number|grammatical numbers]]. The language is considered highly scientific as each word in a sentence can describe the number, gender, and action of the subject.
==References==
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[[Category:Sanskrit| ]]