Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Fiji, India
  
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
India
  
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Central Hindi Directorate
  
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Urdu
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Thank You
Thank you
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
How are you?
  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Good Night
Good Night
  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Good Evening
Good Evening
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Good Morning
Good Morning
  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Please
Please
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
Sorry
  
खेद (Khēda)
  
Bye
Bye
  
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
I Love You
I love you
  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Dialect 1
American English
  
Khariboli
  
Where They Speak
United States of America
  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00
  
3
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
  
Marwari
  
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
15
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Welsh English
  
Bundeli
  
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
  
Bundelkhand
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
14
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
380.00 million
  
5
Native Speakers
400.00 million
  
3
260.00 million
  
4
Second Language Speakers
400.00 million
  
1
120.00 million
  
6
Native Name
English
  
हिन्दी
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
French Name
anglais
  
hindi
  
German Name
Englisch
  
Hindi
  
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Hindustani people
  
Origin
5th Century AD
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard English
  
Standard Hindi
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
en
  
hi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eng
  
hin
  
ISO 639 2/B
eng
  
hin
  
ISO 639 3
eng
  
hin
  
ISO 639 6
engs
  
hins
  
Glottocode
stan1293
  
hind1269
  
Linguasphere
52-ABA
  
59-AAF-qf
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic