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    HindiLanguage of North India
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    Native toIndia
    RegionHindi Belt (Western Uttar Pradesh, Delhi)
    Total speakersL1: 345 million speakers of Hindi and various related languages who reported their language as 'Hindi' (2011 census) · L2: 264 million (2020)
    Language familyIndo-European · Indo-Iranian · Indo-Aryan · Central Indo-Aryan · Western Hindi · Hindustani · Hindi
    Terminology

    The term Hindī originally was used to refer to inhabitants of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It was borrowed from Classical Persian هندی Hindī (Iranian Persian pronunciation: Hendi), meaning 'of or belonging to Hind (India)' (he… See more

    History

    Like other Indo-Aryan languages, Hindi is a direct descendant of an early form of Vedic Sanskrit, through Shauraseni Prakrit and Śauraseni Apabhraṃśa (from Sanskrit apabhraṃśa "corrupt"), which emerged in the 7th cen… See more

    Official status

    Part XVII of the Indian Constitution deals with the official language of the Indian Union. Under Article 343, the official languages of the Union have been prescribed, which includes Hindi in Devanagar… See more

    Geographical distribution

    Hindi is the lingua franca of northern India (which contains the Hindi Belt), as well as an official language of the Government of India, along with English.
    In Northeast India a pidgin known as Haflong Hindi has … See more

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    Hindi belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Hindi, along with English, are the official languages of India. Hindi is also the official language of Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, …

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  10. Merriam Webster
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  12. BBC
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