Introduction To Geeta

"All said and done it is not a spoken language anymore" no ji, there is a special course going on for the past 10 years in spoken sanskrit, I also tried to take it, but had to drop due to some personal reasons. There are now remote places slowly coming up where one sanskrit is the language of communication. It is gaining popularity, why not, since it is supposed to imporve breathing and strengthens lung power.

 

I remember there was a separate research group when I worked in the Center for Development of Advanced Computing in 1988-1992, called "Natural Language Processing Research" and their only objective is how successfully one can program using a language that are near perfect in grammar. They found out Sanskrit is the leading language that can be adopted to program in the original language. This is the most appropriate language for AI and Machine Learning according to the early reports in 1980s and 1990s.

Sanskrit has a rich history and was used for early Indian mathematics and science. The grammar of Sanskrit is rule-bound, formula-bound, and logical, which makes it highly appropriate to write algorithms.

 

Hariji, pls dont say 'difficult language' becoz many people go to any length to learn different languages so that it can take them to places all over the world. It is just that Sanskrit is useful to only those who are interested in it, for their own reasons, getting to know or research into scriptures or as a language itself etc. This is the reason the no is small. Remember reading that an European state introduced the language in their curriculum. This is in my opinion materialism based vs knowledge based difference.

 

I agree. The difficulty level of learning any new language depends on one’s mother tongue and the geography he resides. The English men would find it hard to learn chinese Mandarin which is considered population and Nation wise - the most spoken language in the world. But then many Tamilians & Tamil speaking non-tamilians learnt and function as translators & teachers minting money in China . 70% of Chinese speak mandarin language easily. Same is the case with japanese vs Tamilians.

Same alphabet with different sounds convey different meaning and in sanskrit and mandarin as well there exists as many as four different ways of pronouncing it. For example in English vowels aāåáàäâæ èéêēëėęūùûüú įíîïīì and consonants.
More to explore in link Unbabel Translates the 10 Hardest Languages to Learn, So You Don’t Have To

 

Even in the US, there is a dedicated University to do Sanskrit studies and Hindu heritage. Here is the link for Hindu University of America located in Orlando.

HUA - Hindu University of America

 

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