| Even if you are an Indian and don't know Hindi, you can always learn it. Hindi language has its roots in the classical Sanskrit language. The language acquired its current form over many centuries, and numerous dialectical variations still exist. Like Sanskrit, Hindi is written in the Dev Nagari script, which is common to several other Indian languages as well. Much of the vocabulary of Hindi comes from Sanskrit, though Hindi also has a special relationship with Urdu. Hindi is also the main language in many states of India such as Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal/ Uttarakhand, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Himachal Pradesh. It is spoken by more than 437 million people in the world. The other dialects of Hindi are Brajbhasha, Bundeli, Awadhi, Marwari, Maithili, and Bhojpuri, to name only a few.
Hindi became the official language of India on January 26, 1965, although English and 21 other languages are recognized as official languages by the Constitution of India. Many people in India take their mother tongue Hindi for granted. They don't consider the fact that those who live in a foreign environment are at risk of losing some of their language skills and fluency if they aren't looked after. Expatriates tend to retain their first language better, unconsciously "clinging on" to it, if they see their cultural make-up as central to their identity. Fortunately, it is getting easier to retain one's mother tongue. The Internet has made it very easy to access Hindi newspapers, magazines, radio programmers, films, etc. Hindi has at least 13 different dialects and she is the most commonly spoken language in India. But the reason Hindi was chosen to be the official language of India wasn't because it is the most commonly spoken language in India, but it has connection with India history before it's independence.
The increasing mobility of people, goods, and information has driven a powerful trend toward cultural uniformity and the extinction of local languages. But languages like Hindi that have young people, business, and government on their side are alive and thriving. for daily update people love to read latest Hindi news on Hindi newspaper. Now when technology is changing at a fast pace, Hindi has got main place on internet as well. Hindi news & Hindi newspapers are available in a great number over the internet. Most of the readers are from India. But a large number of NRIs are also very much interested in getting Hindi news fro India through online Hindi newspapers. |
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