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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Latin and Sanskrit Numbers 1-10

The purpose of this comparison is to demonstrate a commonality between two Indo-European languages that were geographically isolated from one another, which further indicates a common root of all Indo-European languages despite geographic dispersal.

[Latin / Sanskrit]

1. Uno / Eka
2. Duo / Dvi
3. Tres / Tri
4. Quatuor / Catur
5. Quinque / Pañcan
6. Sex / Sas
7. Septem/ Saptan
8. Octo / Astan
9. Novem / Navan
10. Decem / Dasan

3 comments:

  1. Fascinating that they are so similar over such a large expanse of area and time.

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  2. Bhagavan Sri Satya Sai Baba said English language is grand-daughter language, Latin is daughter language and Samskritam (Sanskrit) is the mother language, because English is derived from Latin and the latter in turn from Samskritam.

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  3. And Tamil is Great great GrandMother

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