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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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