Sanskrit is a part of a family of languages known as __________.

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SSC MTS Official Paper (Held On: 19 May, 2023 Shift 2)

Answer 1

The correct answer is Indo-European.Key Points

Sanskrit is a classical language of India and is considered to be one of the oldest languages in the world.
It belongs to the Indo-European family of languages, which also includes languages like English, Spanish, French, and Hindi.
Sanskrit has had a significant impact on the development of many other languages, including those in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
The grammar and structure of Sanskrit are highly complex and have been studied extensively by linguists and scholars.

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Sino-Tibetan, also known as Trans-Himalayan, is a family of more than 400 languages with more native speakers than Indo-European.
Mandarin, W, Yuè, and Min are their names.
- Outside of the Sinitic language family, Burmese is the most widely spoken language.
The South, South-Central, Central, and North groupings of Dravidian languages are further broken down into 24 subgroups.
- The Indian constitution recognizes Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada as the country's four principal literary languages.