Was Sanskrit spoken in Iran?

Sanskrit is not an Iranian language and never has been. It’s primarly an Indo-Aryan language, a stage after the initial Vedic Sanskrit.

Is Persian close to Sanskrit?

As modern Iranian languages include two-thousand-year-old traditions of Indo-European languages, therefore they are similar to Sanskrit.

Is Sanskrit from Iran?

The founding language of the family from which Sanskrit is from is called Proto-Indo-European. Its daughter is a language called Proto-Indo-Iranian, so called because it is the origin of the languages of North India and Iran (linguists aren’t that good with catchy language names).

Is Tamil really older than Sanskrit?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi revived the ‘language politics’ when he contradicted a popular myth and said Tamil is older than Sanskrit. Modi even suggested that Tamil be made one of the administrative languages of the Centre.

Is Tamil the oldest language in the world?

— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) February 17, 2018. Tamil is considered to be one of the longest-surviving classical languages in the world. The oldest documented Tamil literature is over 2,000 years old. The debate on whether Sanskrit or Tamil is the oldest language has been going on for years.

How old is the Sanskrit language?

Ex : Dantis, Dentes, Danta, Odontas, Dientes, Dents and Denti – all mean Teeth. So, to conclude : Sanskrit is one of the early IE languages, it is atleast 3500+ Years old or some estimates put it at 4000 years. Tamil belongs to the Dravidian language family.

Should Tamil be made one of the official languages of centre?

Modi even suggested that Tamil be made one of the administrative languages of the Centre. “Tamil is the oldest language. It is older than Sanskrit and is beautiful. I can only say vanakkam (greeting) and I regret I cannot go beyond this,” the prime minister told school students in New Delhi on Friday during his ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’.