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  2. Hindi - Wikipedia

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    Distribution of L1 self-reported speakers of Hindi in India as per the 2011 Census. Modern Standard Hindi, [a] commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is the official language of India alongside English and the lingua franca of North India.

  3. List of ISO 639 language codes - Wikipedia

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    ISO 639 is a standardized nomenclature used to classify languages. Each language is assigned a two-letter (set 1) and three-letter lowercase abbreviation (sets 2–5). Part 1 of the standard, ISO 639-1 defines the two-letter codes, and Part 3 (2007), ISO 639-3, defines the three-letter codes, aiming to cover all known natural languages, largely superseding the ISO 639-2 three-letter code standard.

  4. Hindi Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Optional. Launched. 11 July 2003; 20 years ago. ( 2003-07-11) The Hindi Wikipedia ( Hindi: हिन्दी विकिपीडिया) is Modern Standard Hindi edition of Wikipedia. It was launched in July 2003. As of May 2024, it has 161,554 articles, and ranks 10th in terms of depth among Wikipedias. [1] In December 2023, there were 91 ...

  5. Hindustani language - Wikipedia

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    Hindustani is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in North India, Pakistan and the Deccan, and used as the official language and 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).

  6. Modern Indian Language - Wikipedia

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    Modern Indian Language. Modern Indian language ( MIL) is a term used in India to denote several Indian languages used in modern times, with or without official status. Though most Modern Indian languages are also mentioned in Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India, it is not necessary that all languages listed in either of them is listed ...

  7. Languages of India - Wikipedia

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    Incredible India. India portal. v. t. e. Languages spoken in the Republic of India belong to several language families, the major ones being the Indo-Aryan languages spoken by 78.05% of Indians and the Dravidian languages spoken by 19.64% of Indians; [5] [6] both families together are sometimes known as Indic languages.

  8. List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin - Wikipedia

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    from Hindi and Urdu: An acknowledged leader in a field, from the Mughal rulers of India like Akbar and Shah Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal. Maharaja. from Hindi and Sanskrit: A great king. Mantra. from Hindi and Sanskrit: a word or phrase used in meditation. Masala. from Urdu, to refer to Indian flavoured spices.

  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 ...