Hindi(Daicheng:हिन्दीorहिंदी, Transliteration of Latin letters:Hindī) Also known asHindi, Is a language under the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-Iranian family of Indo-European languages. Hindi is the eighth most spoken language in the world in terms of the number of countries used. It became the world’s eighth language on January 26, 1965.IndiaThe official language of the central government (together withEnglish). Hindi andUrdu(Collectively referred to as Hindustani) are similar, the main difference is that the former uses Devanagari script, the latter uses Urdu based on the Arabic alphabet, and the former introducesSanskritMore borrowed words, the latter’sArabicwithPersianMore loan words.
Pronunciation guide
vowel
consonant
Common diphthongs
List of Conversational Terms
Basic terms
Common signs |
- Hindi: Hindī / हिंदी
- Hello: namastē / नमस्ते
- Goodbye: phir milēngē / फिर मिलेंगे
- Please: meherbānī se / मेहरबानी से
- Thank you: shukriyā / शुक्रिया
- That: woh wālā / वह वाला
- How many? : Kitnā / कितना
- English: Angrēzī / अंग्रेज़ी
- Yes: hãn jī / हाँ जी
- Not: jī nahīn / जी नहीं
- Cheers: chiyars(cheers) / चियर्स
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| Arabic numerals | Indian numbers |
|---|---|
| 0 | ० |
| 1 | १ |
| 2 | २ |
| 3 | ३ |
| 4 | ४ |
| 5 | ५ |
| 6 | ६ |
| 7 | ७ |
| 8 | ८ |
| 9 | ९ |