16 Questions
What is the Devanagari script used for writing?
Hindi
Where is Hindi primarily spoken?
North India
What is Hindi's status as a language in the Republic of India?
One of the 22 scheduled languages
What is the linguistic status of Hindi outside India?
Recognised officially as "Hindi" but descended from other nearby languages
What is the Hindi Belt region?
Parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India
What is Hindi's linguistic influence on the Hindustani language?
Standardised and Sanskritised register
What is the official status of Fiji Hindi?
Fiji
After Mandarin and Spanish, which language is the fourth most-spoken first language in the world?
Hindi
What are the two languages that are mutually intelligible with standard Hindi?
Standard Urdu and Caribbean Hindustani
According to the 2011 census of India, which language is the fastest growing language of India?
Hindi
What was the original meaning of the term 'Hindī'?
Meaning 'of or belonging to Hind (India)'
What language is commonly used to specifically refer to the modern literary Hindi language?
Modern Standard Hindi
What river is referred to by the Sanskrit name 'Sindhu'?
Indus River
What language is the third most-spoken language in the world, including first and second language speakers?
Hindi
What are the two countries where Caribbean Hindustani is spoken?
Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana
What language is the second most-spoken language in the world, when counted together with the mutually intelligible Urdu?
Hindi
Explore important aspects of Modern Standard Hindi, an Indo-Aryan language spoken in North India, and serving as the lingua franca of the Hindi Belt region. Learn about its standardised and Sanskritised nature, based on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas.
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