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Countries

Countries

Fiji, India

Total No. Of Countries

2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
0 46
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National Language

India

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Oceania

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Central Hindi Directorate

Interesting Facts

  • 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

Urdu

Derived From

Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

44
Rank: 24 (Overall)
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

11
Rank: 8 (Overall)
0 32
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How Many Consonants

33
Rank: 23 (Overall)
9 60
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Scripts

Devanagari

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

4
Rank: 3 (Overall)
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

नमस्ते (Namastē)

Thank You

धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)

How Are You?

तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)

Good Night

शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)

Good Evening

शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)

Good Afternoon

दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)

Good Morning

सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)

Please

कृपया (Kr̥payā)

Sorry

खेद (Khēda)

Bye

अलविदा (Alavidā)

I Love You

मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)

Excuse Me

मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Khariboli

Where They Speak

Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh

How Many People Speak

240,000,000.00
Rank: 3 (Overall)
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Marwari

Where They Speak

Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh

How Many People Speak

22,000,000.00
Rank: 24 (Overall)
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Bundeli

Where They Speak

Bundelkhand

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.00
Rank: 24 (Overall)
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

21
Rank: 19 (Overall)
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

380.00 million
Rank: 5 (Overall)
0 1200
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Speaking Population

4.70 %
Rank: 5 (Overall)
0 89
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Native Speakers

260.00 million
Rank: 4 (Overall)
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

120.00 million
Rank: 6 (Overall)
0.01 400
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Native Name

हिन्दी

Alternative Names

Khadi Boli, Khari Boli

French Name

hindi

German Name

Hindi

Pronunciation

[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]

Ethnicity

Hindustani people

History

Origin

7th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian

Branch

Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Hindi

Language Position

5
Rank: 5 (Overall)
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

hi

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

hin

ISO 639 2/B

hin

ISO 639 3

hin

ISO 639 6

hins

Glottocode

hind1269

Linguasphere

59-AAF-qf

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic

Origin of Hindi language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Hindi language is one of the Most Spoken Languages. The origin of Hindi language states that it was put to use in 7th Century. The history of Hindi language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Hindi Language History. Hindi has no early forms. Standard Hindi is the standard form of Hindi language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Hindi Language.

Hindi population

Hindi population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Hindi language. Hindi language is spoken by 380.00 million people in the world. Most of the Hindi population lies in the Hindi Speaking Countries. Hindi language is spoken as first language by 260.00 million people and as second language by about 120.00 million people. Get to know Hindi speaking population in detail.

Hindi writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Hindi writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Hindi language. Some languages share common writing systems. Devanagari script is used by Hindi language. Learn more about . 

Information about Hindi language

Check out all the information about Hindi language here. You may find it interesting to learn Hindi Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Hindi Speaking Countries, Hindi speaking continents and Hindi Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Hindi countries knowing common Hindi Greetings will help you in communicating with Hindi people.