World Sanskrit Day: Facts About The Oldest Language Of The World

World Sanskrit Day, or Sanskrit Diwas, is annually observed on August 31. Here are some amazing facts you need to know about the oldest language in the world

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Sanskrit was originally known as Vedic Sanskrit between 1700 and 1200 BCE, and it was passed down orally as a part of the Vedic chanting traditions

Sanskrit has been written in the Devanagari script and many other regional scripts

Like Greek and Latin, Sanskrit belongs to the group of early Indo-European languages 

The language with the largest vocabulary in the world is Sanskrit

As per a Forbes Magazine study, Sanskrit is among the most computer-friendly languages

Numerous English words have originated from Sanskrit. It is also Uttarakhand's second official state language after Hindi