Sanskrit is a classical language of South Asia belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.  It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late Bronze Age  Sanskrit is the sacred language of Hinduism, the language of classical Hindu philosophy, and of historical texts of Buddhism and Jainism. It was a link language in ancient and medieval South Asia, and upon transmission of Hindu and Buddhist culture to Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Central Asia in the early medieval era, it became a language of religion and high culture, and of the political elites in some of these regions. As a result, Sanskrit had a lasting impact on the languages of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, especially in their formal and learned vocabularies. 

With consistent studying and speaking, for about 30 minutes to an hour a day, you could speak at a conversational level in Sanskrit in about 3 months.

 

It’s all about using the right method, and I’ll say it again: speak from day one! You could start speaking Sanskrit right now. In fact, I encourage you to do so. The more speaking practice you get in, the faster you’ll learn Sanskrit. 

 

I understand the frustration and difficulty felt when your progression in language learning feels stagnated. The key to breaking through barriers of progression in language learning is placing yourself in uncomfortable situations and weathering through them with the tools you currently have, in addition to tools you have yet to master.

Read Sanskrit books.

Reading is so beneficial for language learning.  

 

You must be disliking reading materials in my Sanskrit language or also you think it is hard to read Sanskrit.  However, once I started choosing reading material on my own, it became a fun way of learning the language.

 

When you come across words in several different contexts through reading, you start to understand and comprehend vocabulary in a more meaningful way. You can learn much more about language and culture than you could ever discover by reading a language-learning book through reading material written in that language

 

Watch Sanskrit movies with subtitles. 

With Sanskrit films, you have an opportunity to hear people having natural dialogue in the language. Turning on English subtitles will help you understand what’s going on and what the characters are saying. If you want to learn the script, you can turn on subtitles in the Sanskrit script so you can hear the words being spoken.

Avoid using English subtitles as a crutch. Remember that translation is an interpretation of the meaning of the words, not literally what the characters are saying.

Even if you pick up some new phrases from a movie, be cautious about the context in which you use them until you understand the full meaning of the phrase.

1. Multibhashi 

It is one of the most famous language learning apps available. The platform is popular in India even in other countries too. Multibhashi is an app to learn languages in the most effective and innovative manner through the medium of audio-visual training sessions and app-based learning. It is a leader in providing learning solutions in various spheres. The company also offers the Sanskrit language. Multibhashi has the most professional staff for the Sanskrit language. All the staff are professionally trained in Sanskrit and have a good mutual understanding with their students. You can join now: click here

 

2. Little guru 

The Indian government has launched an app called “Little Guru” for learning Sanskrit. Made by the Indian Council for cultural relations (ICCR), the app aims to make learning Sanskrit easy and entertaining by “gamifying” it. The app has been produced by Bengaluru-based Game App SportsFizz and is available on Google Play Store. 

Set Your Goal for Speaking Sanskrit

Your end goal matters. So decide what “fluent” means for you. If you want to understand anime in Sanskrit, you need to learn vocabulary specifically for that. And even the type of anime matters, too. Naruto uses a lot of “ninja speech” that’s harsher and less polite than, say, Sailor Moon.

 

Break Down Your Goal into Daily Chunks

If you can commit to studying 60 minutes a day, then you’d need to break that goal down into daily chunks. 10 new kanji a day, 30 new words, 1 new grammar pattern. Divide it up based on how much you know you can fit in a study session. Or, study kanji on Mondays and Wednesdays, vocabulary on Tuesdays and Thursdays, grammar on the weekends.

 

Squeeze More Sanskrit into Your Life

Most people feel like they don’t have time for tons of studying. But you can usually find small pockets of time, or swap out one thing for another. Instead of watching TV in English, watch it in Sanskrit. Instead of skimming Instagram in English, look up Sanskrit hashtags and read the captions. 

 

Read aloud

Practice reading texts written in the new alphabet as often as possible to initiate instant recognition of the alphabets. Even if you don’t know all the letters or symbols, you will be able to make some sense out of the whole thing. Don’t underestimate your powerful apophenic brain! You may also have trouble reading initially – and may find yourself reading each alphabet in a word slowly, (you’re not just reading but also recognizing each alphabet) to speak the entire word. But this would improve with time when you can actually just run past those and speak the complete word. We all have learnt our native tongue when we were very young, in the very same manner! 

There are so many variables when it comes to learning how to speak Sanskrit. But with the right study habits, effective time management, and consistent commitment, you can learn Sanskrit.

So don’t worry and keep learning.

 

All the Best!!!