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  Hindi Language and Literature
Hindi is a direct descendant of Sanskrit through Prakrit and Apabhramsha.
Outside of India, Hindi speakers are 100,000 in USA; 685,170 in Mauritius; 890,292 in South Africa; 232,760 in Yemen; 147,000 in Uganda; 5,000 in Singapore; 8 million in Nepal; 20,000 in New Zealand; 30,000 in Germany.
Urdu, the official language of Pakistan, spoken by about 41 million in Pakistan and other countries, is essentially the same language.
www.cs.colostate.edu /~malaiya/hindiint.html   (844 words)

  
  Hindi Language - ninemsn Encarta
Native speakers of Hindi are concentrated in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, and Rajasthan.
Hindi is an Indo-Aryan language, a direct descendant of Sanskrit, and is written in the Devanagari script.
In essence, Hindi and Urdu, the official language of Pakistan, are the same language, but Urdu is written in the Persian-Arabic script and has adopted a large part of its vocabulary from those languages, whereas Hindi draws on Sanskrit vocabulary.
au.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_781538961/Hindi_Language.html   (317 words)

  
  Hindi language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hindi (हिन्दी) is a language spoken mainly in North and Central India.
Hindi is the predominant language in the states and territories of Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Uttaranchal, Jharkhand and Chattisgarh.
Hindi evolved from the Middle Indo-Aryan prakrit languages of the Middle Ages, and indirectly, from Sanskrit.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hindi_language   (2207 words)

  
 Hindi
Scholars postulate that Hindi developed in the 8th-10th centuries during the period of Islamic invasions of northern India from khari boli, the speech around Dehli which was adopted by the Moslem invaders to communicate with the local population.
In the meantime, the language of the indigenous population remained relatively free of borrowings from Persian and Arabic, and instead borrowed words and literary conventions from Sanskrit.
Hindi is a Category II languages in terms of difficulty for speakers of English.
www.nvtc.gov /lotw/months/february/hindi.html   (1583 words)

  
 Hindi Language
Hindi originates from a language called by linguists Indo-European parent language, which is thought to have been spoken in Central Asia around 5, 0000 BC.
Hindi is only one of the 18 officially recognised Indian languages and as it is for the other languages, also Hindi includes many dialects.
A peculiarity of Hindi grammar is that it is SOV-oriented.
www.learn-foreign-languages.net /lflnet/hindi.asp   (461 words)

  
 Hindi Language, History of hindi language, History of hindi, Hindi Literature, Hindi Dictionary, Hindi Grammer, Hindi ...
Hindi, an Indo-European language spoken mainly in northern and central India, is the primary official language of the Union government of India.
Hindi text in Devnagari script (a prayer to a Hindu deity)Hindi is the predominant language in the states and union territories of Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Uttaranchal, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Chattisgarh.
Hindi is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, due to the large population of India.
www.nriol.com /hindi-page.asp   (821 words)

  
 Definition of Hindi language
Hindi (हिन्दी) is a language spoken in most states in northern and central India.
Hindi became one of the official languages of India on January 26, 1965 and it is a minority language in a number of countries, including Fiji, Mauritius, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and United Arab Emirates.
Hindi is the predominant language in the states and territories of Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, as well as the cities of Bombay and Hyderabad.
www.wordiq.com /definition/Hindi_language   (1887 words)

  
 UCLA Language Materials Project Language Profiles Page
Hindi is the official language of India and is the second most widely spoken language in the world.
Hindi verbs agree with their subjects and in some cases their objects, although agreement can be blocked in a number of constructions.
The Hindi language is a descendent of Sanskrit.
www.lmp.ucla.edu /Profile.aspx?LangID=87&menu=004   (1037 words)

  
 Article: History of the Hindi Language
Hindi is broadly identical with Urdu, the official language of Pakistan, and is closely related to Bengali, Punjabi and Gujerati.
Hindi is the official language of the Republic of India, and the common second language of Mauritius, Fiji, Trinidad, Guyana and Surinam.
Hindi (and Urdu) is descended from Hindustani, the colloquial form of speech that was spoken in the area in and around Delhi in North India roughly in the ninth and tenth centuries.
www.hindisociety.com /ArticleHindiHistory.htm   (1221 words)

  
 Official language of India
Hindi has at least 13 different dialects and she is the most commonly spoken language in India.
Other ‘Hindi’ languages are considered dialects of Hindi and their status in the different states of India isn’t clear and is interpreted differently by different parties.
Besides the languages officially recognized by central or state governments, there are other languages which don’t have this recognition and their speakers are running political struggles to get this recognition.
adaniel.tripod.com /Languages2.htm   (1133 words)

  
 Learn Hindi Language - Free Conversational Hindi Lessons Online - Common Hindi Words and Phrases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Phrasebase drastically simplifies the language learning process by prioritizing the various components of learning and focusing your study efforts on the areas of greatest importance.
The key is to immerse yourself in the language and use it as often as possible in order to build up your skills of speaking it and listening to it, understanding and comprehending it...
Hindi Language Exchange Pen-Pals - Community of people from around the world interested in teaching you their language and sharing their culture with you.
www.phrasebase.com /learn/hindi.php   (1872 words)

  
 Hindi Language,National Language of India,official Language of India,Devanagari Language
Hindi is the National Language, and the regional language of six states.
Hindi can be traced back to as early as the seventh or eighth century.
Hindi literature as a whole can be divided into four stages: Adikal (the Early Period), Bhaktikal (the Devotional Period), Ritikal (the Scholastic Period) and Adhunikkal (the Modern Period).
www.indiasite.com /language/hindi.html   (1550 words)

  
 Hindi language resources: Mumbai/Bombay pages
Hindi Bhasha: is a wonderful web resource which merges a dictionary and word comprehension test.
Hindi Language tutorials by S. Gambhir of the University of Pennsylvania; the material is copyrighted, but lessons can be dowloaded free.
Greetings to the universe in Hindi (from the Voyager spacecraft).
theory.tifr.res.in /bombay/history/people/language/hindi.html   (680 words)

  
 Learn Hindi in Jaipur, Rajasthan, learn Rajasthani in Jaipur
Hindi language Classes are normally for five days in two parts in total for five hours every day.
Hindi is normally spoken using a combination of 52 sounds, ten vowels and 40 consonants.
The Constitution, therefore, recognized Hindi as the official language of the States and English was recognized as the authoritative legislative and judicial language.
www.rajasthanvisit.com /learnhindi.htm   (1614 words)

  
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Hindi is a modern Indo-Aryan language (belonging to the family of greater Indo-European languages) and is a descendent of Sanskrit, the earliest speech of the Aryan settlers in the north-west frontiers of India.
Hindi written in Devanagari script (which is the most scientific writing system among the existig writing systems of the world) is the National Official Language of the Republic of India and is ranked as the Òthird most widely spoken languges of the worldÓ (Bhatia 1996).
It is very difficult to say as to when exactly Hindi as a language came into picture and acholars are divided in their opinion on this issue.
lrs.ed.uiuc.edu /Students/avatans/hindi.html   (710 words)

  
 Hindi Society FAQs
We are volunteers from a wide range of backgrounds: a lawyer for the government, a chief medical technologist (retired), a lawyer, an engineer, a teacher (retired), a social worker and a number of businessmen.
We feel that preserving the language and culture of Hindi-speaking Singaporeans and Permanent Residents will provide the self-confidence and civilisational ballast essential to life both as an individual and as a member of a multi-racial, multi-religious society.
The Hindi Centres are a self-help, community project run by volunteers to enable students in our schools to offer Hindi as a second language.
www.hindisociety.com /HSFAQs.htm   (761 words)

  
 Hindi Translation Services- Hindi to English, English to Hindi Translation
Due to the intricacies of the Hindi language and the pride that native speakers take in the versatility of the language, it is not recommended that you use software to translate into Hindi at all.
Hindi, influenced greatly by Sanskrit (and some European languages such as English and Portuguese), is mostly spoken by Hindus.
Everyday use of both languages is, in fact, homogeneous; Urdu and Hindi share grammar and vocabulary and common street-talk is barely distinct between the two.
www.advancedlanguage.com /hindi.htm   (1343 words)

  
 Hindi alphabet, pronunciation and language
Hindi is an Indo-Aryan language with about 487 million speakers.
It is one of the official languages of India and is used as the language of administration, the media, education and literature in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.
Hindi is closely related to Urdu, the main language of Pakistan, which is written with the Arabic script.
www.omniglot.com /writing/hindi.htm   (263 words)

  
 Learn Hindi Online - Write or Speak in Hindi Language Exchange   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
A language exchange complements other forms of learning such as classroom, cultural immersion and multimedia, because you get to practice all that you have learned with native speakers in a safe and supportive environment.
Language exchange learning is also inexpensive because we provide free tips and conversation lesson plans that allow you to do a language exchange on your own.
Add your profile to the language exchange community and let others contact you to for language exchange learning.
www.mylanguageexchange.com /Learn/Hindi.asp   (962 words)

  
 MEALAC | Hindi/Urdu Language FAQ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Hindi and "Urdu" share an entirely common grammar, so from a linguistic point of view they are one language.
Our program teaches the Hindi (Devanagari) script at the beginning of the elementary class, and the Urdu script during the intermediate class, so everybody ends up having two "languages" for almost the price of one.
Learning the Hindi script (which is easy and helpful to the learner) will help you with the Urdu script (which is a bit harder).
www.columbia.edu /cu/mealac/languages/hindiurdu/faq.html   (298 words)

  
 Hindi language --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Speakers of the various Indo-Aryan languages live mainly in northern India, and speakers of Dravidian tongues are concentrated in the south.
Of the Indo-Aryan languages, Hindi, the official national language, is the most important.
But often, one of the languages of a country is chosen as the standard language.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9040514?tocId=9040514   (839 words)

  
 Learn Hindi - PureLanguage.ca
Pimsleur is the only audio language program to use the Graduated Interval Recall and Backwards Build-up Drill methods.
Hindi is one of the world's top ten languages, ranking fifth with 182 million speakers.
Hindi has even lent some words to the English language: bandanna, dungaree, pundit, swami, khaki, bungalow, curry, cot and chutney.
www.purelanguage.ca /hindi.html   (193 words)

  
 Super Hindi Websites
It is the official language of Indian government communications and is supposed to be taught in all Indian schools where it is not the dominant language.
Hindi is descended from the ancient Sanskrit language.
Hindi is a language spoken throughout most of India, except for the east, and Pakistan.
www.uni.edu /becker/hindi.html   (785 words)

  
 Hindi language resources: Mumbai/Bombay pages
Hindi Bhasha: is a wonderful web resource which merges a dictionary and word comprehension test.
Hindi Language tutorials by S. Gambhir of the University of Pennsylvania; the material is copyrighted, but lessons can be dowloaded free.
Greetings to the universe in Hindi (from the Voyager spacecraft).
www.theory.tifr.res.in /bombay/history/people/language/hindi.html   (680 words)

  
 Hindi 101 at Syracuse University
Hindi is a modern Indo-Aryan language spoken in South Asian countries (India, Pakistan, Nepal) and also in other countries outside Asia (Mauritius, Trinidad, Fiji, Surinam, Guyana, South Africa and other countries).
Hindi, which is a descendant of the Sanskrit language, is not strictly the name of any chief dialect of the area but is an adjective, Persian in origin, meaning Indian.
Hindi is written in the Devanagari script which is ranked as the most scientific writing system among the existing writing systems of the world.
faculty.maxwell.syr.edu /jishnu/101   (522 words)

  
 About Urdu
The dividing lines between languages are often not clear, being blurred by a proliferation of overlapping and interlacing dialects.
Modern Hindi is essentially Hindustani with a lexicon of Sanskrit-derived vocabulary in preference to the Persian borrowings of literary Urdu.
Thus a language which is really nobody's mother tongue is today the second most spoken language in the world, understood throughout most of the populous Indian subcontinent and in many unexpected corners of the globe.
sasw.chass.ncsu.edu /fl/faculty/taj/hindi/abturdu.htm   (900 words)

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