Home›South Asian Literature›Original LanguageBrowse ByOriginal LanguageOriginal language groups authors by the language they actually wrote in. Wikipedia identifies Jane Austen as "an English writer," and her six novels were all composed in English rather than translated into it. This dimension lets a visitor find every author who wrote in the same original language.FactsOriginal LanguageSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1500 BCE 1Primary Language or TraditionWell-attestedSanskrit and South Asian 1Original LanguageFilter Results11 entriesGenreAllAbhanga (1)Autobiography (2)Drama (3)Epic (1)Fable (1)Historical Fiction (1)Lyric Poetry (4)Nonfiction Prose (1)Poetry (7)Sanskrit Drama (1)Short Fiction (5)The Novel (4)NationalityAllBangladesh (2)India (11)Pakistan (2)United Kingdom (1)United States (1)Active EraAll1797 to 1869 (2)1800 to 1874 (1)1861 to 1941 (3)1869 to 1948 (2)1876 to 1938 (2)1880 to 1936 (1)1891 to 1960 (1)1894 to 1950 (1)1899 to 1976 (2)1905 to 2004 (1)1907 to 2003 (1)1911 to 1984 (1)1931 to 2015 (1)MovementAllBengal Renaissance (3)Postcolonial Literature (1)Progressive Writers' Movement (2)Influenced ByAllKabir (1)Mirza Ghalib (1)Omar Khayyam (1)Rabindranath Tagore (2)Rumi (1)Attested From (Year)All1500 BCE (1)300 BCE (1)301 (1)450 (1)739 (1)782 (1)1100 (1)1450 (1)1501 (1)Difficulty for an English SpeakerAllCategory III (1)Category IV (4)ISO 639-3 CodeAllbho (1)bn (1)eng (1)fin (1)guj (1)hin (1)mar (1)pes (1)san (1)ta (1)urd (1)Speaker CountAll0 (1)4,750,000 (1)52,000,000 (1)62,000,000 (1)75,000,000 (1)83,000,000 (1)99,000,000 (1)237,000,000 (1)246,000,000 (1)345,000,000 (1)1,500,000,000 (1)StatusAllClassical (No Native Speakers) (1)Living (10)ToneAllNot Tonal (5)Word OrderAllSOV (9)SVO (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 11BengaliOriginal Language3 entriesBhojpuriOriginal Language1 entryEnglishOriginal Language6 entriesFinnishOriginal Language1 entryGujaratiOriginal Language1 entryHindiOriginal Language6 entriesIranian PersianOriginal Language1 entryMarathiOriginal Language1 entrySanskritOriginal Language5 entriesTamilOriginal Language1 entryUrduOriginal Language4 entriesSources1. Sanskrit Literature (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaSanskrit literature, lead section, Rigveda dating sentenceQuote, Sanskrit literature, lead section, Rigveda dating sentenceLiterature in the oldest language begins during the Vedic period with the composition of the Rigveda between about 1500 and 1000 BCEView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.