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Hindi language

Hindi

Hindī
Hindi devnagari.png
The word "Hindi" in Devanagari script
Pronunciation Hindustani pronunciation: [ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Native to Northern India
Native speakers
260 million (2001)
L2 speakers: 120 million (1999)
Early forms
Devanagari
Devanagari Braille
Signed Hindi
Official status
Official language in
 India
 Fiji
Recognised minority
language in
Regulated by Central Hindi Directorate
Language codes
ISO 639-1 hi
ISO 639-2
ISO 639-3
Linguist list
hin-hin
Glottolog hind1269
Linguasphere 59-AAF-qf
Hindustani map.png
Areas (red) where Hindustani (Khariboli/Kauravi) is the native language, compared to all Indo-Aryan languages (dark grey)

Hindi (Devanagari: , IAST: Hindī), or Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: मानक हिन्दी, IAST: Mānak Hindī) is a standardised register of the Hindustani language. Along with the English language, Hindi written in the Devanagari script, is the official language of the Government of India. It is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India.

Hindi is the lingua franca of the so-called Hindi belt of India. Outside India, it is an official language in Fiji, and is a recognised regional language in Mauritius, Suriname, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Hindi is the fourth most-spoken first language in the world, after Standard Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and English. Apart from specialized vocabulary, Hindi is mutually intelligible with Standard Urdu, another recognized register of Hindustani.


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