Sanskritisation (language)
Sanskritisation is the process of introducing features from Sanskrit, such as vocabulary and grammar, into other languages. It is sometimes associated with the "Hinduism, Hindu-isation" of a linguistic community, or less commonly, with introducing a more upper-Caste system in India, caste status into a community. Many languages throughout South Asia and Southeast Asia were greatly influenced by Sanskrit (or its descendant languages, the Prakrit, Prakrits and modern-day Indo-Aryan languages) historically. Sanskritisation often stands in opposition to the Persianisation or Englishization, Englishisation of a language within South Asia, as occurs with the Hindustani language, which in its Sanskritised, Persianised, and English-influenced registers becomes Hindi, Urdu, and Hinglish respectively. Support for Sanskritisation in South Asia runs highest among Brahmin, Brahmins and Hindutva, Hindu nationalists. Sanskritization of the names of people and places is also commonplace in India, ...
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