5 Questions
Match the following terms with their meanings:
Hindi = Fourth most-spoken first language in the world Urdu = Recognised register of Hindustani Hindavī = Term used to refer to the Hindu/Indian people Sanskrit = Early form of Vedic language
Match the following languages with their locations:
Fiji Hindi = Official status in Fiji Caribbean Hindustani = Spoken in Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana Standard Hindi = Mutually intelligible with standard Urdu Modern Standard Hindi = Modern literary Hindi language
Match the following terms with their historical origins:
Hindi = Derived from Classical Persian meaning 'of or belonging to Hind (India)' Hindavī = Derived from Persian meaning 'of or belonging to the Hindu/Indian people' Sanskrit = Originated from an early form of Vedic Sanskrit Urdu = Recognised register of Hindustani derived from Old Persian
Match the following sound changes with their descriptions:
Compensatory lengthening of vowels preceding geminate consonants = Transition from Middle Indo-Aryan to Hindi Loss of unaccented or unstressed short vowels = Reflected in schwa deletion Formation of nasalised long vowels from nasal consonants = -VNC- > -V̄̃C- Collapsing of adjacent vowels (including separated by a hiatus) = Sound change characteristic during transition
Match the following rankings with their corresponding languages in India based on growth:
Hindi = Fastest growing language of India Kashmiri = Second place in growth Meitei (officially called Manipuri) = Third place in growth Bengali = Fourth place in growth
Test your knowledge of Modern Standard Hindi, the standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language, spoken chiefly in North India and serving as the lingua franca of the Hindi Belt region.
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