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Sanskrit in India

Speakers

24,821

Type

Spoken language

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Location

India

Sanskrit in India

Country

India

Language status situation

Endangered/unsafe

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Language situation

Endangered

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Information available

1. Basics

Names

Sanskrit in India

Size

24,821

2. Status

Status

Official country wide language
Official regional language
Official minority language
Recognised community language
Unrecognised community language

National language

Yes

Indigenous language

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

Religious books, textbooks, dictionaries and other written material is available in Sanskrit language.
https://archive.org/details/booksbylanguage_sanskrit
https://ia801505.us.archive.org/2/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.553620/2015.553620.Lilavai.pdf
https://ia801401.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.549788/2015.549788.Yogadrashti-Samuchchaya.pdf
https://ia802907.us.archive.org/28/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.476997/2015.476997.Jain-Dhaatupratimaa.pdf
https://ia601408.us.archive.org/6/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.406839/2015.406839.Mandal-Prakarnam.pdf

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Video

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

Cultural Videos, Religious songs, folktales, speeches and other videos are available in Sankrit Language.
https://archive.org/search?query=sanskrit&page=6&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22movies%22

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Audio

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

Audio files available in Sanskrit comprises of religious, folklore, cultural, and other audios.
https://archive.org/details/sanskritvocab
https://archive.org/details/vowel-ri_sanskrit
https://archive.org/details/BhagavadGitaSanskrit
https://archive.org/search?query=sanskrit&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22movies%22&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22audio%22

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Documentation: descriptions

Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
Dictionaries and grammars
Dictionary and grammar
Glossary and descriptions
Few descriptions
No descriptions

Digital

Yes

Comments

https://indianculture.gov.in/ebooks/sansakarta-vayaakarana-sanskrit-grammar-parathama-bhaaga

https://hinduheritage.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/DEVA%20GOKULAMSanskritGrammar1BasicStructure.pdf

https://www.forgottenbooks.com/en/download/A_Sanskrit_Grammar_for_Beginners_1000213438.pdf

https://www.wilbourhall.org/pdfs/macdonell/Macdonell%20-%20A%20Sanskrit%20Grammar%20For%20Students.pdf

https://archive.org/download/highersanskritgr00kaleuoft/highersanskritgr00kaleuoft.pdf

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14s-O1OYcfuJRYJU1hLxLrKFLfP-H0JQI/view

Standardization

Modern standard language
Young standard language
Standardised language
Quasi-standard language
Semi-standardised language
Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

Standardised writing system with full script encoding
Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
Consistent writing system with no script encoding
Unsystematic writing system(s)
Limited written use
No written use

Comments

Sanskrit has been written both in Devanāgarī script and in various regional scripts, such as Śāradā, Bāṅglā (Bengali) in the east, Gujarātī in the west, and various southern scripts, including the Grantha alphabet, which was especially devised for Sanskrit texts.

4. Users

Geographical distribution

Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
Users live in one [state/...] of the country
Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
Users live scattered all over the country

Size / Number of users

Number of users

24821

Source

Census of India, 2011

Year

2011

Users within total population

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

Generational use

Educational attainment

Occupational qualifications

Language competence

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope

International
Supranational
Cross-border (states)
State-wide
Supra-regional cross-border
Supra-regional
Regional cross-border
Regional
Local

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional use in administration

Types of language use

signed / spoken use
written use
digital use

Comments

State

Ethnoculture

No use
Informal learning
Skills and knowledge
Performing arts
Social practices
Customary law
Traditional medicine
Knowledge and practices
Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Early childhood education

Primary level

Lower secondary level

Higher secondary level

Tertiary level

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