
Hindi is the name given to an Indo-Aryan language, or a dialect continuum of languages, spoken in northern and central India. It is the second most widely used language in the world, as determined by the number of speakers. As of 2008, approximately 500–680 million people declared Hindi to be their mother tongue, while persons speaking it as a second language numbered an estimated 120–225 million. In 2001, native speakers of the different dialects of Hindi account for 41% of the Indian popul...
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