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  2. Hindi Wikipedia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi_Wikipedia

    Hindi Wikipedia is the second most popular Wikipedia in India after the English version. However, more than 85% of Wikipedia pageviews from India are to the English Wikipedia. Between January 2016 and January 2021 the share of Hindi Wikipedia increased from 2% to 8%. [3] On average, the Hindi Wikipedia receives 50 to 70 million monthly ...

  3. Hindi - Wikipedia

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    Middle Indo-Aryan to Hindi. Like other Indo-Aryan languages, Hindi is a direct descendant of an early form of Vedic Sanskrit, through Shauraseni Prakrit and Śauraseni Apabhraṃśa (from Sanskrit apabhraṃśa "corrupt"), which emerged in the 7th century CE. The sound changes that characterised the transition from Middle Indo-Aryan to Hindi are:

  4. Wikipedia in India - Wikipedia

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    Ektara, a 2018 Wikimedia Foundation, Hindi language, mass media advertisement. Google sponsored Project Tiger, which was a program to develop Wikipedia content in languages of India. Google provided Chromebooks, while the Wikimedia Foundation offers stipends for an internet connection.

  5. Language - Wikipedia

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    Language is a structured system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary. It is the primary means by which humans convey meaning, both in spoken and written forms, and may also be conveyed through sign languages. Human language is characterized by its cultural and historical diversity, with significant variations observed ...

  6. Languages of India - Wikipedia

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    Hindi (or Hindustani) is the native language of most people living in Delhi and Western Uttar Pradesh. "Modern Standard Hindi", a standardised language is one of the official languages of the Union of India. In addition, it is one of only two languages used for business in Parliament.

  7. Hindustani language - Wikipedia

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    Hindustani is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in Deccan, Northern India and Pakistan, and used as a lingua franca in both countries. Hindustani is a pluricentric language with two standard registers, known as Hindi (written in Devanagari script and influenced by Sanskrit) and Urdu (written in Perso-Arabic script and influenced by Persian and Arabic).

  8. Central Indo-Aryan languages - Wikipedia

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    Located in the Hindi Belt, the Central Zone includes the Dehlavi (Delhi) dialect (one of several called 'Khariboli') of the Hindustani language, the lingua franca of Northern India that is the basis of the Modern Standard Hindi and Modern Standard Urdu literary standards. In regards to the Indo-Aryan language family, the coherence of this ...

  9. Western Hindi languages - Wikipedia

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    The Western Hindi languages, also known as Midland languages, are a branch of the Indo-Aryan language family spoken chiefly in Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh and Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh, in Northwest and Central India. The Western Hindi languages evolved from Sauraseni Prakrit. [1] The most-spoken language in the Western Hindi ...