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I am Karthik. I write software. I love languages: machine and human.

This site is named Bhāṣikā because I plan to write about language in its many forms:

• Languages used to program machines.
• Languages used by humans to communicate with each other. This includes conlangs.
• Large language models.

Bhāṣikā (भाषिका) is a Sanskrit word that has many derivations:

• भाष् + ण्वुल्/वुन् produces a doer: the speaker.
• भाष् + णिचि + ण्वुल्/वुन् produces the one who caused the doing: the speaking.

भाषिका is the feminine form of each of the above.

One more derivation exists: भाषा + कन्. This produces the same meaning, language or speech, as भाषा itself, optionally in the diminutive sense.

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You can contact me on: x@y where x is my name and y is this website's domain.

Contents of this website are © 2026 Karthik.

Prose licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Code licensed under Apache License 2.0.