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    Hindi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in northern India by about 487 million people. It is one of the official languages of India and is used in administration, media, education, and literature in several northern states. Hindi is also spoken in other countries around the world. Hindi first began to be written in the 4th century AD, originally in the Brahmi script but since the 11th century has used the Devanagari alphabet. The first Hindi printed book was published in 1796.

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    Hindi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in northern India by about 487 million people. It is one of the official languages of India and is used in administration, media, education, and literature in several northern states. Hindi is also spoken in other countries around the world. Hindi first began to be written in the 4th century AD, originally in the Brahmi script but since the 11th century has used the Devanagari alphabet. The first Hindi printed book was published in 1796.

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    Hindi (िििििि)

    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. Elsewhere in India, Hindi is used, along side English, as a
    second language.
    Hindi is also spoken in Bangladesh, Belize, Botswana, Canada,
    Germany, Guyana, Kenya, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore,
    South Africa, Suriname, Trinidad, Uganda, UAE, UK, USA, Yemen,
    Zambia. Hindi is closely related to Urdu, the main language of
    Pakistan, which is written with the Arabic script.
    Hindi first started to be used in writing during the 4th century AD. It
    was originally written with the Brahmi script but since the 11th century
    AD it has been written with the Devanāgarī alphabet. The first printed
    book in Hindi was John Gilchrist's Grammar of the Hindoostanee
    Language which was published in 1796.

    Devanāgarī alphabet for Hindi

    Vowels and vowel diacritics

    Consonants
    Numerals

    Sample text in Hindi

    Transliteration
    Sarbhī manuṣyōn̐ kō gaurav aur adhikārōn̐ kē māmalē mēn̐ janmajāt
    svatantratā aur samānatā prāpt hai. Unhēn̐ buḍhi aur antarātmā kī dēn hai aur
    paraspar unēn̐ bhāīcārē kē bhāv sē bartāv karanā cāhiyē.
    Hear a recording of this text by Ganesh Deshmukh
    Translation

    All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They
    are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one
    another in a spirit of brotherhood.
    (Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
    Thanks to Arvind Iyengar for providing the above sample text.

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