Sanskrit and Tamil are two ancient languages which have had a profound impact on many other languages. These two languages have a lot in common, including some similar vocabulary, as well as words that are not exactly the same but follow the same thought process. In this video we showcase some of the words found in common between these two languages, with Aanandi (Sanskrit speaker) and Abishek (Tamil speaker) challenging each other with a list of words and sentences.
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Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) is an Indo-Aryan language and one of the oldest Indo-European languages. It is closely related to many Indo-European languages, either living or extinct, including Latin, Hittite, Luwian, Old Avestan and many others. It is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism and some texts of Buddhism and Jainism. Many languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Sindhi, Kashmiri, Kumaoni, Garhwali, Urdu, Dogri, Maithili, Konkani, Assamese, Odia, and Nepali have their roots in Sanskrit, while many languages outside of the Indian subcontinent, including Iranian languages, as well as several European languages, have close relations to Sanskrit. Today, Sanskrit is still spoken as a primary language in some parts of India. The impact that Sanskrit has had on other languages outside of the Indian subcontinent is very significant. Sanskrit manuscripts and inscriptions have been found in China, Indonesia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Mongolia, Thailand, Malaysia, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Japan, and other parts of the world. It is very common to find words that are derived from Sanskrit in languages beyond the Indian subcontinent, with significant influence across Asia including Chinese, Sino-Tibetan languages, Thai, Khmer, and Lao which contain many loanwords from Sanskrit. Austronesian languages, such as Javanese, Malay, Tagalog, and Indonesian, also derive a portion of their vocabulary from Sanskrit. In addition, European languages, including English, also contain words derived from Sanskrit.
The Tamil language (தமிழ்) is classified as a Dravidian language and mainly spoken by the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka. In addition to India and Sri Lanka, Tamil also has official status in Singapore. In Malaysia, Tamil is used as one of the languages of education along with English, Malay and Mandarin. Aside from Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry, in India, Tamil is also spoken in the states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Tamil is considered one of the longest-surviving classical languages in the world and its vocabulary has impacted many languages, including non-Dravidian languages.
