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  1. Hindi
    HindiLanguage of North India
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    RegionHindi Belt (Western Uttar Pradesh, Delhi)
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    Hindi - Wikipedia

    • Modern Standard Hindi (आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, Ādhunik Mānak Hindī), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is the official language of India alongside English and the lingua franca of North India. Hindi is considered a Sanskritised register of Hindustani, which itself i… See more

    Terminology

    The term Hindī originally was used to refer to inhabitants of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It was borrowed from Classical Persian هندی Hindī (Iranian Persian pronunciation: Hendi), meaning 'of or belonging to Hind (India)' (he… See more

    History

    Like other Indo-Aryan languages, Hindi is a direct descendant of an early form of Vedic Sanskrit, through Shauraseni Prakrit and Śauraseni Apabhraṃśa (from Sanskrit apabhraṃśa "corrupt"), which emerged in the 7th cen… See more

    Official status

    Part XVII of the Indian Constitution deals with the official language of the Indian Union. Under Article 343, the official languages of the Union have been prescribed, which includes Hindi in Devanagar… See more

    Geographical distribution

    Hindi is the lingua franca of northern India (which contains the Hindi Belt), as well as an official language of the Government of India, along with English.
    In Northeast India a pidgin known as Haflong Hindi has … See more

    Comparison with Standard Urdu

    Linguistically, Hindi and Urdu are two registers of the same language and are mutually intelligible. Both Hindi and Urdu share a core vocabulary of native Prakrit and Sanskrit-derived words. However, Hindi is writ… See more

    Script

    Hindi is written in the Devanagari script, an abugida. Devanagari consists of 11 vowels and 33 consonants and is written from left to right. Unlike Sanskrit, Devanagari is not entirely phonetic for Hindi, especially failing to mark … See more

    Vocabulary

    Traditionally, Hindi words are divided into five principal categories according to their etymology:
    • Tatsam (तत्सम transl. "same as that") words: These are words which are spelled the same i… See more

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  2. Omniglot
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    Hindi alphabet, pronunciation and language - Omniglot

    Learn about Hindi, an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in India and Nepal, with about 600 million speakers worldwide. Find out how to write, read and listen to Hindi with Devanāgarī script, sample text, audio and video.

  3. Britannica
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    Hindi language | History, Varieties, Grammar, & Facts | Britannica

  4. Videos of Hindi

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  6. Linguistics at Illinois
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    About Hindi | Department of Linguistics | Illinois

    Hindi belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Hindi, along with English, are the official languages of India. Hindi is also the official language of Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, …

  7. merahindi.com
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    Self Learn Hindi Through English Free - merahindi.com

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  9. Wikipedia
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    Hindi - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  10. Merriam Webster
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    Hindi Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

  11. wikihow.com
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    How to Learn Hindi (with Pictures) - wikiHow

  12. BBC
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    BBC - Languages - Hindi - A Guide to Hindi - 10 facts about the …

  13. BBC
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    Languages - Hindi - A Guide to Hindi - The Hindi alphabet - BBC