Indo-European · ISO 639-3 san · sa
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit is an Indo-European language spoken by about 49,736 people in 1 country.
Where Sanskrit is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
About the Sanskrit language
Sanskrit is spoken by about 49,736 people. It belongs to the Indo-European language family and, more precisely, to the Indo-Iranian group within the Indo-Iranian branch.
Where is Sanskrit spoken?
Sanskrit is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in India (16,909).
Sanskrit is not a national official language anywhere. It also has regional official status in India.
Writing system and status
Glottolog classifies it as extinct, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, Panjabi, Western Panjabi, Marathi and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-1 sa, ISO 639-3 san.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.