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  2. Hindi - Wikipedia

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    The formal Hindi standard, from which much of the Persian, Arabic and English vocabulary has been replaced by neologisms compounding tatsam words, is called Śuddh Hindi (pure Hindi), and is viewed as a more prestigious dialect over other more colloquial forms of Hindi. Excessive use of tatsam words sometimes creates problems for native ...

  3. Hindustani language - Wikipedia

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    Hindustani is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in North India, Pakistan and the Deccan, and used as a lingua franca in both countries. Hindustani is a pluricentric language with two standard registers, known as Hindi (written in Devanagari script and influenced by Sanskrit) and Urdu (written in Perso-Arabic script and influenced by Persian and Arabic).

  4. Hindus - Wikipedia

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    Hindus ( Hindustani: [ˈɦɪndu] ⓘ; / ˈhɪnduːz /) or Sanatani are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism or Sanātana Dharma [67]. [68] [69] Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent. [70] [71]

  5. Hindustani vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    Hindustani, also known as Hindi-Urdu, like all Indo-Aryan languages, has a core base of Sanskrit -derived vocabulary, which it gained through Prakrit. [1] As such the standardized registers of the Hindustani language (Hindi-Urdu) share a common vocabulary, especially on the colloquial level. [2] However, in formal speech, Hindi tends to draw on ...

  6. List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin - Wikipedia

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    from Hindi and Urdu: An acknowledged leader in a field, from the Mughal rulers of India like Akbar and Shah Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal. Maharaja. from Hindi and Sanskrit: A great king. Mantra. from Hindi and Sanskrit: a word or phrase used in meditation. Masala. from Urdu, to refer to Indian flavoured spices.

  7. Hinglish - Wikipedia

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    Hinglish is the macaronic hybrid use of South Asian English and the Hindustani language. Its name is a portmanteau of the words Hindi and English. In the context of spoken language, it involves code-switching or translanguaging between these languages whereby they are freely interchanged within a sentence or between sentences.

  8. Dainik Jagran - Wikipedia

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    416871022. Website. www .jagran .com. Media of India. List of newspapers. Dainik Jagran ( Hindi: दैनिक जागरण, romanized : Dainika Jāgaraṇa, lit. 'The Daily Awakening') is an Indian Hindi language daily newspaper. [2] It was ranked 5th in the world in 2016 and 1st in India by circulation in 2022. [3]

  9. Hindustani phonology - Wikipedia

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    Hindustani is the lingua franca of northern India and Pakistan, and through its two standardized registers, Hindi and Urdu, a co-official language of India and co-official and national language of Pakistan respectively. Phonological differences between the two standards are minimal.

  10. Indian English - Wikipedia

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    English language. Indian English ( IE) is a group of English dialects spoken in the Republic of India and among the Indian diaspora. [4] English is used by the Indian government for communication, along with Modern Standard Hindi, as enshrined in the Constitution of India. [5]

  11. Hindustani etymology - Wikipedia

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    Hindustani etymology. Hindustani, also known as Hindi-Urdu, is the vernacular form of two standardized registers used as official languages in India and Pakistan, namely Hindi and Urdu. It comprises several closely related dialects in the northern, central and northwestern parts of the Indian subcontinent but is mainly based on Khariboli of the ...