Sanskrit
A language of India
| Population | 2,950 (2001). |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan |
| Language use | Official language. 194,433 L2 speakers. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 60%–100%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25% literate. Bible: 1822. |
| Writing system | Sharada script. Sinhala script. |
| Comments | Classical language of learning, liturgical language. |
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