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Hindi (language)

Hindi

Hindī
Hindi devnagari.png
The word "Hindi" in Devanagari script
Pronunciation Hindustani pronunciation: [ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Native to North and North Western 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
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Areas (red) where Hindustani (Khariboli/Kauravi) is the native language, compared to all Indo-Aryan languages (dark grey)

Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: मानक हिन्दी, IAST: Mānak Hindī) or simply Hindi (Devanagari: , IAST: Hindī), is a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language. Hindi is one of the official languages of India, and is the lingua franca of the Hindi belt languages. Outside India, Hindi 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.

Part XVII of the Indian Constitution deals with Official Language. Under Article 343, official language of the Union has been prescribed, which includes Hindi in Devanagari script and English.


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