In our opinion and experience learning Sanskrit does not have to be difficult,on the contrary – it can be easy and fun. Of course some people may find it difficult to learn any other language other than their mother tongue. It all depends on various factors like individual learning ability, age etc.

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One of the reasons for Sanskrit being limited to a small circle of people was the narrow outlook of pandits. They never allowed the language to reach the common people. So, India today does not have Sanskrit as its first language, like French in Francophone countries and Arabic in West Asia.

All the Indian languages, except Tamil, are closest to Sanskrit. This is because, they all have common ancestor, Ashokan Brahmi, from which they have evolved. Tamil on the other hand, evolved from Tamil Brahmi, which entirely has different set of characters.

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The Bhaiksuki, Grantha, Sharda and Siddham alphabets are used only for Sanskrit. Since the late 18th century, Sanskrit has also been written with the Latin alphabet. The most commonly used system is the International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST), which was been the standard for academic work since 1912.

Latin is part of the Indo-European family of languages which came from an unknown common root language; Proto Indo-European. Sanskrit, Latin, Celtic and Germanic languages are (among others)said to belong to the Indo-European family. Japanese however is not part of a large family of languages.

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Greek and Latin are derived from Sanskrit. Sanskrit is called as the mother language for a reason and the reason is that it is the oldest language that has given birth to almost all of the other languages (not just Indo-European).

So, how old is Latin? To put it briefly — about 2,700 years old. The birth of Latin took place around 700 BC in a small settlement sloping up towards Palatine Hill. The speakers of this language were called Romans, after their legendary founder, Romulus.

Latin is spoken by 1 billion people worldwide. Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Portugal, France, Italy, and Romania are just a few examples of countries where Latin is spoken.

The name Latin derives from the Italic tribal group named Latini that settled around the 10th century BC in Latium, and the dialect spoken by these people. The Italic languages form a centum subfamily of the Indo-European language family.

Latin – Written Latin (referred to as Vulgar Latin) is not older than Hebrew or Older Chinese, let alone Sanskrit. The history of the Roman Kingdom is dated to 7th century BCE and that Latin was no more the same used during 1st century BC/AD.

Latin did not die but evolved into the five Romance languages: French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian.

Now we can answer OP’s question: Classical Latin ceased to be a spoken language because it always had a comparatively small native speaker base, and when they lost their power and influence, the language died out as well. So, Vulgar Latin dialects evolved into Romance family of separate languages.

Short answer: Latin is much, much easier, while Sanskrit and Classical Chinese are comparable. However, I would definitely say Sanskrit is still the hardest overall. Long answer: The most difficult thing about Sanskrit is its grammar.

German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language after English. The majority of its vocabulary derives from the ancient Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family, while a smaller share is partly derived from Latin and Greek, along with fewer words borrowed from French and Modern English.

Both German and English are West Germanic languages. This means that before the Germanic invasion of Britain by the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes (from the 5th to the 7th century AD), depending on how you want to look at it, either German and English did not exist yet, or they were the same language.

Germany has already been a storehouse of Sanskrit scholars to the world. “The majority of Sanskrit scholars, including those at Harvard, California Berkeley and the UK, are Germans,” he said. But why? “Probably because we never colonised India and maintained a romantic view about it,” quipped Dr.

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Long story short: You can survive in Germany without knowing the German language; most Germans speak English, the train usually runs announcements in English and in restaurants or bars, waiters and waitresses often speak English, especially in the city center.