Why is Sanskrit so easy to learn for Dravidian Curries like me?

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Indo European and Dravidian have absolutely nothing in common. Other than the fact that modern Dravidian languages are moderately influenced by Sanskrit vocabulary.

Such as:

Santhoshaha = happy

Iyanthira = machine

Saubhagya = auspicious

Adhi = original

Rasa = essence

Vibhachara = sexually explicit

Vishaya = subject of matter

I don't even speak or understand Hindi. Even though Sanskrit comes naturally to me, I can't understand Hindi.

Just compare Hindi:


With Sanskrit


Very different
 
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Sanskrit also has cognates with English

Agni = Ignite

Asva = Hauwsa > Horsa > Horse

Maha = Magna > Magnitude

Shveta = Shvet > Hvet > Huwite > White

Rajas = Raj > Enraj > Enerj > Energy

Nakshatara = Nakt-Shtar > Night-Star

Upa = Up

Purana = Pur > Pir > Period

Bandh = Bind

Nasa = Nasal/Nose
 
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Tamil > Sanskrit
 
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enna da solre
 
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@GuyFromSingapore it is possible that hindi is easy to learn for a dravidian currycel like you because of the sprachbund phenomenon. Because of sprachbund phenomenon, two languages that share the same place but have different origins, not only thay borrow each other words, they also converge to having similar sounds and converge to having similar ways of building sentences
 
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Indo European and Dravidian have absolutely nothing in common. Other than the fact that modern Dravidian languages are moderately influenced by Sanskrit vocabulary.

Such as:

Santhoshaha = happy

Iyanthira = machine

Saubhagya = auspicious

Adhi = original

Rasa = essence

Vibhachara = sexually explicit

Vishaya = subject of matter

I don't even speak or understand Hindi. Even though Sanskrit comes naturally to me, I can't understand Hindi.

Just compare Hindi:


With Sanskrit


Very different


Mazaaq...

Masakali means joking

 
two languages that share the same place but have different origins
dravidian and indo-aryan languages aren't spoken in the same place, they're pretty isolated. except maybe marathi/kannada in some areas.
 
How hard would Sanskrit be to learn for a Tamilcel?
 

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