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
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million
  
5
1,200.00 million
  
1
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.