Hindi

Major Indian language

Hindi is the most widely spoken language in India and one of the country's two official languages alongside English.

It belongs to the Indo-Aryan language family and is written in the Devanagari script.

Hindi shares much of its vocabulary and grammar with Urdu, and the two are often mutually intelligible in spoken form.

She's learning Hindi before her trip to Delhi.

Outside India, Hindi is spoken by significant diaspora communities worldwide.

language

Urdu

Pakistan's official language

vocabulary · pronunciation · Hindustani · alphabet · consonants · vowels · nasalization · gender · honorifics · loan words

culture

Diwali

Hindu festival of lights

  • HoliSpring festival of colors
  • dharmaCosmic moral order
  • karmaSpiritual cause and effect

namaste · puja · mantra · guru · ashram · yoga · Ayurveda · Vedas · Upanishads · Mahabharata

Bollywood

film

Movie or coating

  • cinemaMotion picture theater
  • songsMusical vocal compositions
  • danceRhythmic bodily movement

choreography · masala · item number · romance · drama · action · musical · dialogue · subtitles · dubbing

Categories
Opposites
linguistic family contrast

HindiMandarin Chinese

Official language of China

Japanese · Arabic · Korean · Swahili · Finnish

South Asian linguistic rivalry

HindiUrdu

Pakistan's official language

Indian linguistic politics

HindiTamil

South Indian language

Telugu · Kannada · Malayalam · Bengali · Marathi

Phrases
Family

Hinduism, Hindu

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G