>>Where does Google get the data to substantiate the claim that

 "Sanskrit, used by about 20,000 people in India" ?<<

They could have googled it 🙂. 

But are probably taking census data: 

https://dataverse.harvard.edu/file.xhtml?fileId=4299666&version=1.0 

Whatever its reliability. 

Best wishes,
Aleksandar 

Aleksandar Uskokov

Lector in Sanskrit 

South Asian Studies Council, Yale University 

203-432-1972 | aleksandar.uskokov@yale.edu 


Office Hours Sign-up: https://calendly.com/aleksandar-uskokov

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Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Google Translate for Sanskrit
 
Where does Google get the data to substantiate the claim that

 "Sanskrit, used by about 20,000 people in India" ?


All the best,

Patrick McCartney, PhD
Adjunct Lecturer - Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Research Associate - Nanzan University Anthropological Institute, Nagoya, Japan
Visiting Fellow - South and South-east Asian Studies Department, Australian National University
Member - South Asia Research Institute (SARI), Australian National University

Skype / Zoom - psdmccartney
Phone + Whatsapp + Line:  +61410644259
Twitter - @psdmccartney @yogascapesinjap

bodhapūrvam calema ;-)

 













On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 11:08 PM Martin Gluckman via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
Dear All,

Google Translate is now available for Sanskrit!

https://blog.google/products/translate/24-new-languages/

It seems quite promising!

Kindest wishes,

Martin

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