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English vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India   
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   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
33   
2

National Language
India   
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   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Urdu   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Hindi.jpg#200   
English-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
44   
24
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
5   
2

How Many Consonants
33   
23
21   
11

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)   
Hello   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   
Thank you   

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   
How are you?   

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   
Good Night   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   
Good Morning   

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   
Please   

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)   
Sorry   

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)   
Bye   

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   
I love you   

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli   
American English   

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00   
2
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Marwari   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00   
3
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Bundeli   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
4
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million   
5
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
4.70 %   
5
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
260.00 million   
4
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million   
6
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
हिन्दी   
English   

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   
Not Available   

French Name
hindi   
anglais   

German Name
Hindi   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Hindustani people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
7th Century   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi   
Standard English   

Language Position
5   
5
3   
3

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hi   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
hin   
eng   

ISO 639 3
hin   
eng   

ISO 639 6
hins   
engs   

Glottocode
hind1269   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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Hindi and English Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and English language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Hindi and English Language History.

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Hindi and English Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Hindi and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and English language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Hindi vs English Difficulty

The Hindi vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Hindi and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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