Hindi

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Indo-Aryan language modern language standardized language

Hindi is an Indo-Aryan language widely spoken across northern and central India and used in government, education, media, and popular culture.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Hindustani 9
Modern Standard Hindi 3
Standard Hindi 3

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.

Panipat → officialLanguage → Hindi ⓘ
Patna → officialLanguage → Hindi ⓘ
Rajpipla → officialLanguage → Hindi ⓘ
Sikar → officialLanguage → Hindi ⓘ
Solan → officialLanguage → Hindi ⓘ
Udaipur → officialLanguage → Hindi ⓘ
Jorhat → otherLanguage → Hindi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Hindi
Mandi → primaryLanguage → Hindi ⓘ
Magahi → relatedTo → Hindi ⓘ
Sant Bhasha → relatedTo → Hindi ⓘ
Dahod → spokenLanguage → Hindi ⓘ
Khari Boli → standardFormOf → Hindi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hindustani (in its Hindi register)
this entity surface form: Modern Standard Hindi
Braj Bhasha → subclassOf → Hindi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hindi language
Alexa → supportsLanguage → Hindi ⓘ
Nancowry → usedAlongside → Hindi ⓘ
Subhas → usedInLanguage → Hindi ⓘ
Kathak dance → usesLanguage → Hindi ⓘ
subject surface form: Kathak