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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:

<p>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</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the following rankings with their corresponding languages in India based on growth:

<p>Hindi = Fastest growing language of India Kashmiri = Second place in growth Meitei (officially called Manipuri) = Third place in growth Bengali = Fourth place in growth</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Modern Standard Hindi

Spoken chiefly in North India and serves as the lingua franca of the Hindi Belt region
Encompasses parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India

Characteristics of Hindi

Standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language
Based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas of North India
Written in the Devanagari script

Official Status of Hindi

One of the two official languages of the Government of India, along with English
Official language in nine states and three union territories
Additional official language in three other states
One of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India

Hindi in Other Regions

Spoken to a lesser extent in other parts of India, usually in a simplified or pidginised variety
Examples include Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi

Other Languages Recognised as "Hindi"

Outside India, several other languages are recognised officially as "Hindi"
These languages do not refer to the Standard Hindi language described here
Instead, they descend from other nearby languages, such as Awadhi language and Bhojpuri language

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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.