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Hindi
Hindi is an Indo-Aryan language. It is the main language
in India. It is the fifth most spoken language in the
world with about 182 million native speakers in 1998.
The Devanāgarī script is used to write Hindi. Previously
Hindi was known as Hindui.
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. |
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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 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. |
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Dialects of Hindi include: Avadhi, Braj, Bhojpuri,
Bundeli, Bagheli, Chhattisgarhi, Dogri and Marwari.
Hindi is also spoken with regional accents like Haryanvi
and Rajasthani. Bombay Hindi is spreading because
Bollywood films use it. |
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Hindi Diwas is an annual celebration on 14th September.
It commemorates the law of 1949 that made Hindi the
legal language of the Republic. |
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Wikipedia: Hindi |
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