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Not sure what you mean by an optimization pass. Hindi is one of the many vernacular languages derived from Sanskrit. You will find similarities with other verna
by srean 6y ago
Not sure what you mean by an optimization pass. Hindi is one of the many vernacular languages derived from Sanskrit. You will find similarities with other vernacular languages derived from it as well, for example, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali. The Indian national anthem and the Indian national song (yeah India has one of each) are in Bengali but they almost sound indistinguishable from Sanskrit to the untrained ear.
- dagmx 6y agoI was speaking to written form language. In written form, Hindi is closest IMHO to Sanskrit versus the other major Indian languages. However it drops certain aspects like explicit अ and a few less common characters. But largely if you can read Hindi, you can read Sanskrit without much issue. Whereas other Indian languages diverged more in their written text form. Though even there, I can read Gujarati text to some degree. I’m ethnically Bengali so I can understand some spoken Bengali but struggle to read any due to the more marked difference in how the letters are formed.
- srean 6y agoAh! that's different. What you are talking about is the Devanagari script. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari That's not the only script that Sanskrit was written in. Devanagari wasn't even the first script that Sanskrit was written in. In fact Sanskrit did not have an 'official' script. Marathi and Gujarati also uses Devanagari with a few minor differences.
- dagmx 6y agoFor sure, I should have expanded that I only meant to say Hindi is a good gateway for learning Sanskrit today when most Sanskrit is represented most similarly to Hindi. There’s a lot more resources for Hindi than Sanskrit and IMHO it’s the fastest path. I wasn’t speaking for historical accuracy or commenting on other languages.