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Hindi (हिन्दी)
Train station of Darjeeling
Information
Official language	India
Language spoken	India, Nepal, Fiji, significant minorities in Philippines, Thailand, UK, United States, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Suriname, Mauritius
Number of speakers	460 million
ISO 639-1	hi
ISO 639-2	hin
ISO 639-3	hin
Bases
Hello	नमस्ते (Namaste)
Thank you	धन्यवाद (dhanyavād)
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The Hindi (local name: Hindi / हिन्दी) is the most widely spoken of India's languages: according to the 1999 edition of the World Almanac, more than 550 million people use it as their first language. Officially, Hindi should serve as a lingua franca in India, which in practice is not always the case. 43% of the Indian population say they have Hindi (or one of its dialects) as their mother tongue. Spoken primarily in northern and central India, it is an Indo-European language of the Indo-Aryan branch of languages, which is its largest family, derived from Sanskrit and various Prakrits, written most of the time by means of the alphasyllabary devanāgarī, which is read and written from left to right.

Pronunciation

Vowels

Consonant

Common diphthongs

List of phrases

For this guide, we are using polite form for all expressions, on the assumption that you will be speaking most of the time with people you do not know.

Based

Hello. : नमस्ते or नमस्कर (pron.: Namasté or Namaskar)
How are you? : आप कैसे हैं (pron.: Aap kaisé hai)

What's your name? : aapkaa naam kya hai?
My name is _____. : mera naam _____ hai

Please : krypiya
Thank you. : धन्यवाद / शुक्रिया (pron.: dhanyavād / shukriya (Hindi / Urdu))

Yes : ji ha
No : nahi

I am sorry. : माफ़ कीजिये (pron.: māf kijiye)

Good morning). : namaste
Hello afternoon). : namaskar

Good night : Shubh-rātri. ("rātri" being the night)

Where are the toilets? : kaha hai toilet?

Problems

Numbers

The digits used to write in decimal are called Indo-Arabic digits. Developed in India, they were borrowed by the Arabs, and gradually extended to Europe. The similarities are hard to miss. Here are their respective figures.

Indo-Arab	Devanagari
0	०
1	१
2	२
3	३
4	४
5	५
6	६
7	७
8	८
9	९

Number	Hindi	Transliteration	Number	Hindi	Transliteration	Number	Hindi	Transliteration	Number	Hindi	Transliteration
0	शून्य	shUnya, bi.ndi	25	पच्चीस	paccīs	50	पचास	pacās	75	पचहत्तर	pachattar
1	एक	ek	26	छब्बीस	chabbīs	51	इक्यावन	ikyāvan	76	छिहत्तर	chihattar
2	दो	do	27	सत्ताईस	satāīs	52	बावन	bāvan	77	सतहत्तर	sathattar
3	तीन	tīn	28	अट्ठाईस	aṭṭhāīs	53	तिरपन	tirpan	78	अठहत्तर	aṭhhattar
4	चार	tank	29	उनतीस	untis	54	चौवन	cauvan	79	उन्यासी	unyāsī
5	पांच	pānc	30	तीस	you	55	पचपन	pacpan	80	अस्सी	assī
6	छह, छै, छः	cheh, chai, cheḥ	31	इकत्तीस	ikttīs	56	छप्पन	chappan	81	इक्यासी	ikyāsī
7	सात	sāt	32	बत्तीस	beaten	57	सत्तावन	sattāvan	82	बयासी	bayāsī
8	आठ	aṭh	33	तैंतीस	taintīs	58	अट्ठावन	aṭṭhāvan	83	तिरासी	tirāsī
9	नौ	nau	34	चौंतीस	cauntīs	59	उनसठ	unsaṭh	84	चौरासी	caurāsī
10	दस	das	35	पैंतीस	painted	60	साठ	sāṭh	85	पचासी	pacāsī
11	ग्यारह	gyāreh	36	छत्तीस	chattis	61	इकसठ	iksaṭh	86	छियासी	chiyāsī
12	बारह	bareh	37	सआंतीस	saintis	62	बासठ	bāsaṭh	87	सात्तासी	sattāsī
13	तेरह	tereh	38	अड़तीस	have been	63	तिरसठ	tirsaṭh	88	अट्ठासी	aṭṭhāsī
14	चौदह	caudeh	39	उनतालीस	untālīs	64	चौंसठ	cainsaṭh	89	नवासी	navāsī
15	पंद्रह	pandreh	40	चालीस	cālīs	65	पैंसठ	painsaṭh	90	नब्बे	nabbe
16	सोलह	soleh	41	इकतालीस	iktālīs	66	छियासठ	chiyāsaṭh	91	इक्यानवे	ikyānave
17	सत्रह	satreh	42	बयालीस	bayālīs	67	सरसठ	sarsaṭh	92	बानावे	bānave
18	अठारह	aṭhāreh	43	तैंतालीस	taintālīs	68	अड़सठ	aṛsaṭh	93	तिरानवे	tirānave
19	उन्नीस	unnīs	44	चवालीस	cavālīs	69	उनत्तहर	unhattar	94	चौरानवे	caurānave
20	बीस	bis	45	पैंतालीस	paintālīs	70	सत्तर	sattar	95	पचानवे	pacānave
21	इक्कीस	ikkis	46	छियालीस	chiyālīs	71	इकहत्तर	ikhattar	96	छियानवे	chiyānave
22	बाईस	bāīs	47	सैंतालीस	saintālīs	72	बहत्तर	behattar	97	सत्तानवे	sattānave
23	तेईस	you	48	अड़तालीस	aṛtālīs	73	तिहत्तर	tihattar	98	अट्ठानवे	aṭṭhānave
24	चौबीस	caubīs	49	उनचास	a case	74	च्हत्तर	cauhattar	99	निन्यानवे	ninyānave

Number	Hindi	Transliteration
100	सौ	sau
200	दो सौ	do sau
300	तीन सौ	tīn sau
1 000	हज़ार	hazār
2 000	दो हज़ार	do hazār
3 000	तीन हज़ार	tīn hazār
100 000	लाख	lākh
10 000 000	करोड़	karoṛ
1 000 000 000	अरब	arab
100 000 000 000	?	kharab
number _____ (train, bus, etc.)	नबंर _____ ट्रेन, बस, ...	nambar _____ ṭren, down, ...
half	आधा	ādhā
less	कम / थोड़ा	kam / thoṛa
more	अधिक / ज्यादा	adhik / jyāda

Time

Time

Duration

Days

Monday : सोमवार
Tuesday : मंगलवार
Wednesday : बुधवार
Thursday : गुरुवार
Friday : शुक्रवार
Saturday : शनिवार
Sunday : रविवार

Month

January : जनवरी
February : फ़रवरी
March : मार्च
April : अप्रैल
may : मई
June : जून
July : जुलाई
August : अगस्त
September : सितम्बर
October : अक्टूबर
November : नवम्बर
December : दिसम्बर

Write time and date

Colors

red : laal

pink : gulabbi

Transport

Bus and Train

Directions

Where is _____ ? : _____ kaha hai
... the hospital? : aaspatal kaha hai?

Taxi

Housing

Silver

Food

Food : Khānā
The food is very good : Khānā (bahut) atchā haï (Khānā as in the name Genghis "Khan" with an "aa")

water : pāni

Bars

Purchases

Drive

stop (on a sign) : stop

Authority

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• Hindi: Greetings, Requests, Welcome, Farewell