Hindi

Also known as Hindi language, Modern Standard Hindi

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.

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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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Language.nation: 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
Language.agency: Central Hindi Directorate
Language.iso1: hi
Language.iso2: hin
Language.iso3: hin
Language.lingua: 59-AAF-qf
Language.image: Hindi.svg
Language.image_class: skin-invert-image
Language.imagescale: 1.2
Language.imagecaption: The word "Hindi" in Devanagari script
Language.map: Hindi 2011 Indian Census by district.svg
Language.mapcaption: Distribution of L1 self-reported speakers of Hindi in India as per the 2011 Census
Language.notice: Indic
Language.sign: Indian Signing System
Language.glotto: hind1269
Language.glottorefname: Hindi
Language.name: Hindi
Language.altname: Modern Standard Hindi

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Wikimedia language code: hi
Commons category: Hindi language
native label: मानक हिन्दी‎
exact match: afbo.info/languages/89
P10369: September
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 274266900
P11012: Category:Alumni by university or college
social media followers: 49912
P13311: Barge
Stack Exchange tag: tex.stackexchange.com/tags/hindi
female form of label: la langue hindi
NCI Thesaurus ID: C153948

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Contents

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
Media
Literature
Internet
Sample text
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
Dictionaries
Further reading
External links

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.