It was originally written with the Brahmi script but since the 11th century AD it has been written with the Devanāgarī alphabet. Hindi first started to be used in writing during the 4th century AD.

At an informal spoken level there are few significant differences between Urdu and Hindi and they could be considered varieties a single language. Apart from the difference in writing systems, the other main difference between Hindi and Urdu is that Hindi contains more vocabulary from Sanskrit, while Urdu contains more vocabulary from Persian. Linguists consider Standard Hindi and Standard Urdu to be different formal registers both derived from the Khari Boli dialect, which is also known as Hindustani. Hindi is closely related to Urdu, the main language of Pakistan, which is written with the Arabic script. Both languages are used in parliament, in the judiciary, in communications between the central government and state government, and for other official purposes.

Hindi is one of official languages of the government of India - the other offical language is English. Hindi is spoken in the Bagmati, Janakpur and Narayani zones in the Terai lowlands of southern Nepal, and it is spoken in KwaZulu-Natal province in the east of South Africa. In other parts of India, as well as in Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan, Hindi is understood. It is spoken in much of north and central India alongside other languages such as Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi or Bengali. Hindi is the main language used in the northern Indian states of Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand and Bihar. Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand states. Government of India official language of Bihar, Chhattisgarh,ĭelhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh,

Status: Official language of the Federal.

Writing system: Devanāgarī script (देवनागरी), Brahmi script.

Spoken in: India, Nepal, South Africa and Singapore.

Language family: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central Zone, Western Hindi, Hindustani, Khariboli.

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