Hindi

Hindi (हिन्दी), historically known as Hindavi (हिन्दवी) or Hindui (हिंदुई),^[6] is an Indo-Aryan language. It is the biggest language in India and one of the official languages. Nearly half the people in India speak Hindi. The Devanāgarī script is used to write Hindi. Previously Hindi was known as Hindui.

Hindi
हिन्दी
The word "Hindi" in Devanagari script
Pronunciation	[ˈɦɪn̪d̪iː]
Native to	India  Fiji Significant communities in Nepal
Native speakers	L1: 345 million speakers of Hindi and various related languages who reported their language as 'Hindi' [1][2] (2011) L2: 260 million (2020)[3][2]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Central Zone Western Hindi Khariboli Hindustani[4] Hindi
Writing system	Devanagari Hindi Braille
Official status
Official language in	India  Fiji
Regulated by	Central Hindi Directorate (India)[5]
Language codes
ISO 639-1	hi
ISO 639-2	hin
ISO 639-3	hin
Linguist List	hin-hin
Linguasphere	59-AAF-qf

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Spoken Hindi

The man speaks Hindi in recorded in Taoquan City, Taiwan, China.

Hindi is widely written, spoken and understood in North India and some other places in India. In 1997, a survey found that 45% of Indians can speak Hindi. It has taken words from the Dravidian languages of South India, as well as the Arabic, Persian, Chagatai, English and Portuguese languages.^[source?]

Hindi and Urdu were considered the same language but have evolved into separate dialects. However, to this day, both languages are mutually intelligible, meaning their speakers can understand each other without knowing the other language. Urdu, however, is written in the completely different Arabic alphabet.

Hindi developed from Sanskrit, the ancient Indo-Aryan language of India. Hindi started to develop in the 7th century as "Apabhramsha" and became stable by the 10th century. Some famous Hindi poets are Tulsidas and Kabir.

Dialects of Hindi include: Moradabadi, Dehalvi, Hyderabadi, Sansi, Malyam, Malyani, Bambaiya, South Hindi, Dimasi, Arunachali, Port Blair, Deccani, Bihari, Lakhnavi, Larya, Ghera, Bhaya, and Kabuli Hindi.

Hindi is also spoken with regional accents like Haryanvi and Rajasthani. Bombay Hindi is spreading because Bollywood films use it.

Hindi Diwas is an annual celebration on 14th September. It commemorates the law of 1949 that made Hindi the legal language of the Republic.

Gallery

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  Basic fact table of Hindi
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  Brahmi script - Hindi Language
• Speaking in Hindi