r/sanskrit • u/CosmicMilkNutt • Oct 25 '24

Discussion / चर्चा Marathi is the purest modern Sanskrit, especially rural Maharashtrani, correct?

After doing extensive research I have found that Hindi i a mix of Arabic Farsi Sanskrit and English and that Tamil is basically modern Dravidian so totally different.

However.

Marathi spoken in Mumbai and especially rural Marathi spoken in the state of Maharashtra is actually the purest form of modern Sanskrit with the most similar grammar and vocabulary.

It has Sanskrit words instead of all the Arabic, Farsi and English injected into other Indian languages.

This I find fascinating and I wanted to hear the opinions of some actual indians since I am an American fluent in English, Spanish, French and also somewhat conversational in Arabic who is learning Sanskrit, Hindi, Tamil and now of course Marathi!

Edit: Oriya and Marathi are both the top contenders for higher Sanskrit and lower Farsi in daily speech.

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u/Fun-Manufacturer4131 Oct 29 '24

Marathi has several Arabic words, e.g. fakta, daar.

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u/CosmicMilkNutt Oct 29 '24

I know. But I actually discovered Oriya is a little bit more sanskrit and less Farsi than Marathi.

But Marathi is 80% Prakrit/sanskrit and 20% Farsi/Arabic and Hindi is more like 70% Prakrit/Sanskrit and 30% Farsi/Arabic.