Is Latin from Sanskrit?

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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Is Latin made from Sanskrit?

No. Both languages are derived from a common proto-language.
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Is Sanskrit mother of Latin?

The indo-European language family contains Latin and Sanskrit and their descendants, but not all the languages of the world. Latin and Sanskrit are cousins, though -- neither is "mother" to the other one.
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Is Sanskrit related to Latin?

As one of the first languages known to humankind, Sanskrit can be traced back thousands of years, Sanskrit's geographical influence is seen in India, South Asia, South east Asia, Tibet, China, Korea and Japan. Sanskrit is related to Greek and Latin, with similarities in phonetics, grammar, and script.
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Is Latin older than Sanskrit?

World's oldest language is Sanskrit. The Sanskrit language is called Devbhasha. All European languages ​​seem inspired by Sanskrit.
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Sanskrit: the mother of European languages including Latin, Russian



Is Sanskrit mother of all languages?

Though not for all the languages, Sanskrit is surely the mother of many languages, especially languages spoken in Northern India. Even many words from Dravidian languages are derived from Sanskrit.
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Is Greek derived from Sanskrit?

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).
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Is Korean derived from Sanskrit?

Translation itself can inevitably involve private opinion, but Korean and Sanskrit has almost same derivation mechanism, the conversion is possible. Sanskrit and Chinese quite different structure, it is almost impossible translate correctly.
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Which is harder Latin or Sanskrit?

Short answer: Latin is much, much easier, while Sanskrit and Classical Chinese are comparable.
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Is Sanskrit better than Latin?

The Sanskrit language, with its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than Greek, more copious than Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both a stronger affinity in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, so strong, sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, no ...
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Who created Sanskrit?

Sanskrit is one of the oldest known languages over thousands of years. It is also called "Dev Vani" (the language of gods) as it is said that Brahma introduced this language to the Sages of celestial bodies. It is believed that the Sanskrit language came from Indo-European language family of Indian subcontinent.
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Why Sanskrit is not spoken?

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.
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Is Turkish derived from Sanskrit?

As many philosophical, spiritual and religious terms of Bhudhism and even Hinduism did not exist, they were inducted from Pali & Sanskrit into Turkish. Thus Turkish acquired many words of Pali and Sanskrit origin, some of which have even gone into other languages; Ratan becoming Ardhani is an example.
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Where did Latin originate from?

Originally spoken by small groups of people living along the lower Tiber River, Latin spread with the increase of Roman political power, first throughout Italy and then throughout most of western and southern Europe and the central and western Mediterranean coastal regions of Africa.
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What is Latin derived from?

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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Is Sanskrit harder than Greek?

Learning Greek really helps in learning Sanskrit, though the Sanskrit grammar is much harder.
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Is Sanskrit the hardest language in the world?

No, Sanskrit is not difficult and is most scientific language of the world.
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How did Sanskrit come to Europe?

“They started moving because of their military superiority. Some of them came to India, some went to Iran and others to Europe. The branch that went to Iran became Indo-Iranian, and the one that came to India became Indo-Aryan,” says Devi.
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Is Tamil derived from Sanskrit?

The Tamil language is not derived from Sanskrit and many there see the promotion of the language as a move by Hindu nationalist groups to impose their culture on religious and linguistic minorities.
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Is German derived from Sanskrit?

Originally Answered: Is Germany derived from Sanskrit? No. German descends from proto-Indo-European via proto-Germanic, Sanskrit also descends from Indo-European but there is no other common ancestor, let alone a descent of German from Indo-European through Sanskrit.
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Is Arabic derived from Sanskrit?

Arab : This is taken from the Sanskrit word 'arava / arav'.
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Is Russian language derived from Sanskrit?

Definitely not. Russian and Sanskrit have been developing in almost complete isolation from one another for millenia. However, they are historically related and their similarities are an interesting insight into the development of language.
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Which language is closest to Sanskrit?

Odiya is closest to Sanskrit. After that Marathi. Hindi is closer to Arabic and Persian than to Indo-Aryan languages. Same goes with Punjabi, Gujarathi and Bangladeshi Bengali.
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Which is oldest Tamil or Sanskrit?

Tamil is older than Sanskrit and there is record of 'Tamil Sangam' dating back 4,500 years, he said. Raja also alleged there was a "hidden agenda" of the government behind reviving a "dying or a dead language". The DMK member said he was not against Sanskrit language but was against imposing any language on people.
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