Hindi

Indo-European (Indo-Aryan)602 million totalDevanagari

RegionIndia

FamilyIndo-European (Indo-Aryan)

Speakers602 million total

ScriptDevanagari

TypeAbugida

About Hindi

The third most spoken language in the world. Official language of India alongside English. Uses the Devanagari script with a horizontal line connecting letters. Has grammatical gender for all nouns. Every consonant carries an inherent vowel sound.

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