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Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Fiji, India  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
2  
13

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
India  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Central Hindi Directorate  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  
Urdu  

Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Hindi.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
11  
8

How Many Consonants
21  
11
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
नमस्ते (Namastē)  

Thank You
Thank you  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
How are you?  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  

Good Night
Good Night  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  

Please
Please  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
Sorry  
खेद (Khēda)  

Bye
Bye  
अलविदा (Alavidā)  

I Love You
I love you  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
4
240,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
English  
हिन्दी  

Alternative Names
English  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
anglais  
hindi  

German Name
Englisch  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
English people  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
7th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Standard Hindi  

Language Position
3  
3
5  
5

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
hin  

ISO 639 3
eng  
hin  

ISO 639 6
engs  
hins  

Glottocode
stan1293  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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English and Hindi Language History

Comparison of English vs Hindi language history gives us differences between origin of English and Hindi language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD whereas history of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on English and Hindi Language History.

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English and Hindi Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where English and Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Hindi language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common English Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

English vs Hindi Difficulty

The English vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Hindi Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare English and Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.

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