For context of Non-Indians: though ancient, there is little evidence Sanskrit ever was a common spoken language among laymen. It was the language primarily used for religious purposes. It was/is a language of high culture and political elites.
Coming back to the premise of the paper, the grammar of this language is declared to be sufficiently easy to disambiguify such that it's easier for computers to understand. Just to put it in context, this property is actually a part of many other languages including japanese. Pro tip: Most of japanese grammar can be covered with a handful of BNF grammar! Being an indian I know one other language spoken in the south of India that exhibits this property as well - Tamil. Equally ancient as sanskrit but widely spoken language even as of 2021.
Point being, the intention of the paper, though it sounds benign, there is a political context to it which cannot be set aside completely.
Coming back to the premise of the paper, the grammar of this language is declared to be sufficiently easy to disambiguify such that it's easier for computers to understand. Just to put it in context, this property is actually a part of many other languages including japanese. Pro tip: Most of japanese grammar can be covered with a handful of BNF grammar! Being an indian I know one other language spoken in the south of India that exhibits this property as well - Tamil. Equally ancient as sanskrit but widely spoken language even as of 2021.
Point being, the intention of the paper, though it sounds benign, there is a political context to it which cannot be set aside completely.