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 in
Alphabets
44
Rank: 24 (Overall)
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
11
Rank: 8 (Overall)
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
33
Rank: 23 (Overall)
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
4
Rank: 3 (Overall)
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3
88
👆🏻
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)
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
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Marwari
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
Rank: 24 (Overall)
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
Rank: 24 (Overall)
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
21
Rank: 19 (Overall)
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million
Rank: 5 (Overall)
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
4.70 %
Rank: 5 (Overall)
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
260.00 million
Rank: 4 (Overall)
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million
Rank: 6 (Overall)
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
hindi
German Name
Hindi
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
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
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
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