Sanskrit areas of India

thumbnail|Sunset in Mattur Mattur (or Mathoor) is a village in Shivamogga district near the city of Shivamogga in Karnataka state, India, known for the usage of Sanskrit for day-to-day communication, although the general language of the state is Kannada. Mattur is known for being one of the few Sanskrit-speaking villages of India. Their native language is Sankethi, which is a mixture of Sanskrit, Tamil and Kannada.