Hindi
Sign in to saveModern Standard Hindi (), commonly referred to as Hindi, is an Indo-Aryan language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of the government of India, and is the lingua franca for most of the northern half of India.
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Hindi is an Indo-Aryan language written in the Devanagari script that serves as an official language of the Indian government and is widely spoken as a common language across much of northern India. It matters because it enables communication and administration across a large, diverse region of India where many different local languages are spoken.
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- India Andaman and Nicobar Islands Bihar Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Delhi Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Ladakh Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal (additional) Fiji
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- Terminology
- History
- Middle Indo-Aryan to Hindi
- Hindustani
- Independent India
- Official status
- India
- Fiji
- Nepal
- South Africa
- United Arab Emirates
- Geographical distribution
- Comparison with Standard Urdu
- Script
- Romanisation
- Phonology
- Vocabulary
- Prakrit
- Sanskrit
- Persian
- English
- Portuguese
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Modern Standard Hindi (), commonly referred to as Hindi, is an Indo-Aryan language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of the government of India, and is the lingua franca for most of the northern half of India.
Hindi is an official language in ten states (Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand), and six union territories (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Delhi, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir) and an additional official language in the state of West Bengal. Hindi is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India.
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