TLDR; Pāṇini[0] was the first Indo-European grammarian. Coming from Latin in high school I studied Pali and Sanskrit to a minor extent in university. I've sinc

TLDR; Pāṇini[0] was the first Indo-European grammarian. Coming from Latin in high school I studied Pali and Sanskrit to a minor extent in university. I've since come to loathe learning Indo-European languages for their conjugations and prefer to revel in East and Southeast Asia, with more interest in classical Chinese than Sankrit. That said, when drinking I make a considered exception for French, and it's amazing how close the Indians[1] (and the French!) came to China, and how Vietnam and Cambodia (as Austroasiatic champions) emerged despite all of them! Bonus old poem[2] for people who like obtuse grammar jokes. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%81%E1%B9%87ini https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%81%E1%B9%87ini [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%E1%BB%B9_S%C6%A1n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%E1%BB%B9_S%C6%A1n [2] http://pratyeka.org/homage-to-the-synonym.pdf http://pratyeka.org/homage-to-the-synonym.pdf