Countries
Fiji, India
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
India
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
Similar To
Urdu
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
سلام
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
  
متاسف
  
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Khariboli
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Marwari
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Bundeli
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million
  
5
65.00 million
  
26
Native Speakers
260.00 million
  
4
65.00 million
  
17
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million
  
6
Not Available
  
Native Name
हिन्दी
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
hindi
  
persan
  
German Name
Hindi
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
  
Persian people
  
Origin
7th Century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
  
Persian
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hi
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hin
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
hin
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
hin
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
hins
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hind1269
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Synthetic