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Sanskritic language

DEFINITIONS OF: Sanskritic language

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n (Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes

Synonyms:
Sanskrit
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Gypsy, Romany
the Indic language of the Gypsies
Urdu
the official literary language of Pakistan, closely related to Hindi; widely used in India (mostly by Moslems); written in Arabic script
Hindi
the most widely spoken of modern Indic vernaculars; spoken mostly in the north of India; along with English it is the official language of India; usually written in Devanagari script
Bihari
the Indic language spoken in Bihar (and by some people in Pakistan and Bangladesh)
Magadhan
a subfamily of Indic languages
Mahratti, Marathi
an Indic language; the state language of Maharashtra in west central India; written in the Devanagari script
Gujarati, Gujerati
the Indic language spoken by the people of India who live in Gujarat in western India
Panjabi, Punjabi
the Indic language spoken by most people in Punjab in northwestern India
Singhalese, Sinhala, Sinhalese
the Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka
Hindoostani, Hindostani, Hindustani
a form of Hindi spoken around Delhi
Asamiya, Assamese
the Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people; closely related to Bengali
Bangla, Bengali
a Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal
Oriya
a Magadhan language that is spoken by the Oriya and is the official language of the Indian state of Orissa
Type of:
Indic, Indo-Aryan
a branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages
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