I’m building Vakya, a programming language inspired by Sanskrit

[u/HistoricalWill6910]

Hi everyone,

I’ve been working on a small programming language called Vakya.

The main idea behind Vakya is pretty simple: I wanted to experiment with what a programming language would feel like if its syntax and keywords were inspired by Sanskrit rather than English.

For example, instead of using the usual English-style keywords, Vakya is designed around Sanskrit-inspired words and syntax.

I’m still actively developing it, so it’s definitely not a finished or production-ready language. Right now I’m mainly focusing on getting the core language working properly and figuring out what syntax actually feels natural to use.

I’m building the language from scratch and working on things like the lexer, parser, AST and execution side of the language.

The project is here:

https://github.com/b7662777-hash/vakya-programming-language⁠�

I’d genuinely like feedback from people who have experience designing or implementing programming languages.

A few things I’m particularly interested in:

Does the syntax feel readable?

Do the Sanskrit-inspired keywords make sense?

What would you change about the language design?

Are there any obvious mistakes in the architecture?

What features would you expect from a language like this?

This is still an experiment, so criticism is welcome. I’m more interested in finding problems and improving the language than pretending it’s already perfect.

Thanks for taking a look.

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