Sanskritic language

/sænˌskrɪdɪk ˌlæŋgwɪdʒ/

Other forms: Sanskritic languages

Definitions of Sanskritic language

1. noun

   (Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes
   synonyms: Sanskrit

   types:

   Gypsy, Romany

   the Indic language of the Gypsies

   Urdu

   the official literary language of Pakistan, closely related to Hindi; widely used in India (mostly by Moslems); written in Arabic script

   Hindi

   the most widely spoken of modern Indic vernaculars; spoken mostly in the north of India; along with English it is the official language of India; usually written in Devanagari script

   Bihari

   the Indic language spoken in Bihar (and by some people in Pakistan and Bangladesh)

   Magadhan

   a subfamily of Indic languages

   Mahratti, Marathi

   an Indic language; the state language of Maharashtra in west central India; written in the Devanagari script

   Gujarati, Gujerati

   the Indic language spoken by the people of India who live in Gujarat in western India

   Panjabi, Punjabi

   the Indic language spoken by most people in Punjab in northwestern India

   Singhalese, Sinhala, Sinhalese

   the Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka

   Hindoostani, Hindostani, Hindustani

   a form of Hindi spoken around Delhi

   Asamiya, Assamese

   the Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people; closely related to Bengali

   Bangla, Bengali

   a Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal

   Oriya

   a Magadhan language that is spoken by the Oriya and is the official language of the Indian state of Orissa

   type of:

   Indic, Indo-Aryan

   a branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages