Hindi Language

Hindi (Devanāgarī: हिन्दी or हिंदी, IAST: Hindī, IPA: [ˈɦɪndiː]  ( listen)) is the name given to an Indo-Aryan language, or a dialect continuum of languages, spoken in northern and central India (the "Hindi belt"). Native speakers of Hindi dialects between them account for 41% of the Indian population (2001 Indian census). The Constitution of India accords Hindi in the Devanagari script as the official language of India (English being the subsidi... more

Also known as:

  • Khari Boli,
  • Khadi Boli,
  • Hindi language,
  • Hindi

Human Language

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Region:

ISO 639-3 Code:

  • hin

ISO 639-2 Code:

  • hin

ISO 639-1 Code:

  • hi

Spoken in countries:

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