HINDI LANGUAGE

PREPARED BY: VENICE BENIGNO

Modern Standard Hindi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in India.
Hindi has been described as a standardised and Sanskritised register of the
Hindustani language, which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect
of Delhi and neighbouring areas of Northern India.
 Hindi, written in the Devanagari script, is one of the two official
languages of the Government of India, along with the English language.
It is an official language in 9 States and 3 Union Territories and an
additional official language in 3 other States.
Hindi is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India.
 VOWELS (TOP),
CONSONANTS
(BOTTOM)

Devanāgarī, Sanskrit pronunciation: [deːʋɐˈnaːɡɐɽiː]), also called Nagari (Nāgarī, नागरी), is

a left-to-right abugida (alphasyllabary), based on the ancient Brāhmī script, used in the
Indian subcontinent. It was developed in ancient India from the 1st to the 4th century CE
and was in regular use by the 7th century CE.
The Devanagari script, composed of 47 primary characters including 14 vowels and 33
consonants, is the fourth most widely adopted writing system in the world, being used for
over 120 languages.
 Hindi is the lingua franca of the Hindi belt and to a lesser extent
other parts of India (such as Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi).
Outside India, several other languages are recognized officially as
"Hindi" but do not refer to the Standard Hindi language, instead
descend from other dialects, such as Awadhi and Bhojpuri.
As a linguistic variety, Hindi is the fourth most-spoken first
language in the world, after Mandarin, Spanish and English.
Hindi alongside Urdu as Hindustani is the third most-
spoken language in the world, after Mandarin and English.
 THE JOYS OF LEARNING HINDI
 For instance, Hindi is the fourth most spoken language in the world,
that means there are more Hindi speakers out there than Russian
or Arabic speakers.
 You can get more out of India when travelling through the country, as
Hindi is one of the most spoken languages in India.
 Hindi can be a great second language to learn if your native language
is English. This is because there are some words in English that are
derived from Hindi, such as karma and jungle.
 There are some English words that have their way into the Hindi
language, including cricket, bus, and car, among others.
  Hindi is a phonetic language, which means that the words are
pronounced as they are written. This means that, once you have the
Hindi alphabet memorized, it becomes relatively straightforward to
pronounce the words correctly.
 Compare this to the English language, which isn’t a phonetic
language – saying words such as though, thought, and through can
cause a real problem for non-native speakers.
Another great reason to learn Hindi for professional purposes is the
sheer size of the Indian economy. India is the sixth-largest economy
in the world, and its size seems to be growing.
 Hindi is also widely used to communicate both within and
between businesses.
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DHAN`YAVADA!
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