Hindi
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Hindi is an Indo-Aryan language widely spoken across northern and central India and used in government, education, media, and popular culture.
Observed surface forms (5)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hindustani | 9 |
| Modern Standard Hindi | 3 |
| Standard Hindi | 3 |
| Hindi language | 2 |
| Hindustani (in its Hindi register) | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-Aryan language
ⓘ
modern language ⓘ standardized language ⓘ |
| basedOnDialect | Khari Boli ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Bhojpuri
ⓘ
Maithili ⓘ Rajasthani ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ
surface form:
Urdu
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Khari Boli
ⓘ
surface form:
Khari Boli Hindi
Hindi ⓘ
surface form:
Modern Standard Hindi
|
| hasISO6391Code | hi ⓘ |
| hasISO6392Code | hin ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | hin ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
ergative alignment in perfective aspect
ⓘ
gendered nouns ⓘ postpositions ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | retroflex consonants ⓘ |
| hasRegister | Sanskritized Hindi ⓘ |
| hasStandardForm |
Khari Boli
ⓘ
surface form:
Modern Standard Hindi
|
| hasStandardizationPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasWritingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Arabic
ⓘ
English ⓘ Persian ⓘ Sanskrit ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| officialStatus |
official language of several Indian states
ⓘ
official language of the Government of India ⓘ |
| officialStatusInCountry | India ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Central India
ⓘ
northern India ⓘ
surface form:
Northern India
|
| regulatingBody |
Central Hindi Directorate
ⓘ
Ministry of Home Affairs, India ⓘ
surface form:
Department of Official Language (India)
|
| scriptType | abugida ⓘ |
| standardFormOf |
Khari Boli
ⓘ
surface form:
Hindustani
|
| usedAs | lingua franca in North India ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Bollywood cinema
ⓘ
Indian Parliament proceedings (along with English) ⓘ Indian literature ⓘ Indian media ⓘ Indian popular music ⓘ Indian television ⓘ education in India ⓘ Government of India ⓘ
surface form:
government of India
|
| writingSystem |
Devanagari script
ⓘ
surface form:
Devanagari numeral system
Devanagari script ⓘ |
Referenced by (293)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hindustani
this entity surface form:
Modern Standard Hindi
this entity surface form:
Standard Hindi