Hindi
What is Hindi?
Hindi is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official status in the federal union. It is one of the country's constitutionally recognized official languages, alongside English. Hindi is spoken as a first language by about 261 million people in India, or 15.4% of the country's population. It is the third most spoken language in the world after Mandarin and English.
Hindi is thought to have descended from Sanskrit through Prakrit and Apabhramsha. It is written in the Devanagari script, which is also used for other Indo-Aryan languages including Sanskrit, Marathi, Nepali and Sindhi.
There are many different dialects of Hindi, although Modern Standard Hindi is the most widely used.Dialects include Awadhi, Braj, Chhattisgarhi, Bundeli, Bhojpuri, Khari boli, shekhawati, kannauji, Doab, Avadhi, Brij, and Awadhi.
The Hindi Belt, which includes the states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Bihar, is where Hindi is primarily spoken. This area is sometimes referred to as the "cow belt" because of its large agricultural production.
Hindi is also spoken in other countries, including Fiji, Guyana, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, South Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Zambia.
Hindi Resources
Elementary Hindi: (MP3 Audio CD Included)
This comprehensive guide to learning the Hindi language teaches you basic proficiency in everyday, conversational beginner Hindi. From learning to write the Hindi alphabet and pronounce its sounds, to using vocabulary and grammar, to communicating in...
Hindi: A Complete Course for Beginners (Book & 6 Audio CDs)
This simple and effective introduction to Hindi will teach you everything you need to speak, understand, read, and write in Hindi. This program assumes no background in the language, and it explains each new concept clearly with plenty of examples, m...
Rosetta Stone
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Duolingo
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Beelinguapp
Beelinguapp for iPhone and Android shows the exact same text in two languages; side by side. At the same time, it is an audiobook, and with its unique karaoke reading you follow the audio in the text on both sides. There are many texts available in...