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Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism; a literary language of ancient and medieval South Asia that also served as a lingua franca there; and, as a result of transmission of Hindu and Buddhist culture to Southeast Asia and parts of Central Asia, also a language of high culture in some of these regions during the early-medieval era.

Sanskrit is a standardised dialect of Old Indo-Aryan, originating as Vedic Sanskrit and tracing its linguistic ancestry back to Proto-Indo-Iranian and Proto-Indo-European.

As one of the oldest Indo-European languages for which substantial written documentation exists, Sanskrit holds a prominent position in Indo-European studies.

Malayalam is a language spoken in India, predominantly in the state of Kerala.

It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and was designated as a Classical Language in India in 2013.

It was developed to the current form mainly by the influence of the poet Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan in the 16th century.

Malayalam has official language status in the state of Kerala and in the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry.

It belongs to the Dravidian family of languages and is spoken by some 38 million people.

Malayalam is also spoken in the neighboring states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka; with significant speakers in the Nilgiris, Kanyakumari and Coimbatore districts of Tamil Nadu, and Dakshina Kannada of Karnataka.

Marathi (मराठी Marāṭhī) is an Indian language spoken predominantly by the Marathi people of Maharashtra.

It is the official language and co-official language in the Maharashtra and Goa states of Western India, respectively, and is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India.

There were 73 million speakers in 2001; Marathi ranks 19th in the list of most spoken languages in the world.

Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India, after Hindi, Bengali and Telugu in that order.

Marathi has some of the oldest literature of all modern Indo-Aryan languages, dating from about 900 AD.

The major dialects of Marathi are Standard Marathi and the Varhadi dialect.

Malvani Konkani has been heavily influenced by Marathi varieties.

Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat.

It is part of the greater Indo-European language family.

Gujarati is descended from Old Gujarati (circa 1100–1500 AD).

In India, it is the official language in the state of Gujarat, as well as an official language in the union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

Gujarati is the language of the Gujjars, who had ruled Rajputana and Punjab.

Kannada (('), also known as Canarese or Kanarese', is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Kannada people in India, mainly in the state of Karnataka (ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ), and by linguistic minorities in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, and Goa.

The language has roughly 40 million native speakers who are called Kannadigas, and a total of 50.8 million speakers according to a 2001 census.

It is one of the scheduled languages of India and the official and administrative language of the state of Karnataka.