Hindi Diwas 2023: Lesser-known interesting facts about the language
Hindi is spoken in Nepal, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Fiji, and Mauritius. Hindi and Nepalese share the same script - Devanagari.
Hindi is one of seven Indian languages that can be used to create web URLs.
Around 430 million people in the globe speak Hindi as their first language. After Mandarin, Spanish, and English, it is the world's fourth most spoken first language.
Many English words have come from Hindi, including chutney, loot, bungalow, guru, jungle, karma, yoga, thug, avatar, and so on.
The earliest version of Hindi was called 'Apabhramsa,' and it was a descendant of Sanskrit. Kalidas wrote Vikramorvashiyam in Apabhramsa about 400 AD.
Hindi is a member of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European language family.
The Hindi script is phonetic, which means that, unlike English, it is pronounced exactly as it is written. Hindi typewriters first appeared on the market in the 1930s.
The word Hindi is derived from the Classical Persian word 'Hendi,' which means "Indian." It was previously used to refer to those living east of the Indus.
Prem Sagar is the first Hindi novel to be published. Lalloo Lal published the book, which depicted Krishna stories.
Modern Standard Hindi is based on the Khariboli dialect, the vernacular of Delhi and the surrounding region, which eventually replaced previous dialects including Awadhi, Maithili, and Braj.