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| Extinct: no |
| Family: Indo-European |
| Branch: Indic |
| Continent: Asia |
| Country: India |
| Region: Throughout northern India: Delhi; Uttar Pradesh; Rajasthan; Punjab; Madhya Pradesh; northern Bihar; Himachal Pradesh. Also spoken in Bangladesh, Belize, Botswana, Germany, Kenya, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Uganda, UAE, United Kingdom, USA, Yemen, Zambia. |
| Countries Where Spoken: 180,000,000 in India (1991 UBS), 363,839,000 or nearly 50% of the population including second language users in India (1997 IMA). Population total all countries 366,000,000 first language speakers (1999 WA), 487,000,000 including second language users (1999 WA). Nepal, South Africa, Uganda. |
| Countries Where Official: India |
| Native Speakers: 366,000,000 |
| Speakers Total: 487,000,000 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a native level: 59 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a conversational level: 59 |
| Phrasebase members primary language they are trying to learn: 130 |
| Phrasebase members secondary language they are trying to learn: 268 |
| Three Letter Code: HND |
| Alternative Names: KHARI BOLI, KHADI BOLI |
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| Summary: Formal vocabulary is borrowed from Sanskrit, de-Persianized, de-Arabicized. Literary Hindi, or Hindi-Urdu, has four varieties: Hindi (High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, Literary Hindi, Standard Hindi); Urdu; Dakhini; Rekhta. State language of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh. Languages and dialects in the Western Hindi group are Hindustani, Haryanvi, Braj Bhasha, Kanauji, Bundeli; see separate entries. Spoken as mother tongue by the Saharia in Madhya Pradesh. Hindi, Hindustani, Urdu could be considered co-dialects, but have important sociolinguistic differences. National language. Grammar. SOV. Devanagari script. Hindu. Bible 1818-1987. |
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