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HINDI
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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HINDI. An Indo-Aryan language, spoken by over 250m people in India and by Indians in Britain, Canada,
FIJI,
GUYANA, South Africa,
SURINAM,
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, the US, and elsewhere. Hindi is the official language of India, with English as associate official language, the state language of Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh, and one of India's 15 national languages. It is written in a modified form of the Devanagari script, and its literary tradition dates from medieval times. Hindi proper has three stylistic varieties: a Sanskritized variety used in higher law courts, administration, legislation, journalism, literature, philosophy, and religion; a Persianized variety used in lower law courts, in certain genres of literature, and in films; an Anglicized variety in day-to-day administration, on college campuses, and in scientific and technical registers. See
BORROWING, BRITISH LANGUAGES,
COCKNEY,
CODE-MIXING AN CODE-SWITCHING,
INDIAN ENGLISH,
SANSKRIT, SOUTH AFRICAN LANGUAGES.
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Hindi/Urdu I and II approved for Tufts U. language requirement
News Wire article from: University Wire; 3/28/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...requirement. Experimental College courses in Hindi/Urdu I and II will satisfy the first...courses, and Tufts University plans to add Hindi/Urdu III for the 2003-04 academic year...fulfill the final course in the triplet. Hindi/Urdu I will be offered during the fall...
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'Hindi should be considered for use as main UN language' Harinder Mishra Jerusalem, July 25 (PTI) Israeli scholar Genady Shlomper, who was recently honoured at the World Hindi Conference for popularising the language, said Hindi has the potential to become one of the main United Nations languages.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 7/25/2007; 700+ words
; HINDI 'Hindi should be considered for use as main UN language' Harinder Mishra Jerusalem...Israeli scholar Genady Shlomper, who was recently honoured at the World Hindi Conference for popularising the language, said Hindi has the potential...
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No Hindi-medium students please
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 6/29/2006; 700+ words
; ...private schools where CBSE toppers from Hindi background face bias, getting admission...Gargi College. Bharati had studied in a Hindi-medium school. "We were told by college...studying in this college so we admitted her in Hindi(H)," said Bharati's father. Gargi...
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Hindi film fans to the fore
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 8/10/2000; 700+ words
; New Straits Times 08-10-2000 Hindi film fans to the fore Edition: 2* Section: Cover Memo: (STF) - These days, the Hindi movie audience is no longer your typical...students or professionals - are turning to Hindi movies for their source of entertainment...
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Hindi calling for US students
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 4/22/2008; 666 words
; ...feedback form after completing a course in Hindi at the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS). AIIS's centre for the Hindi language programme in Jaipur is expecting...American students this summer. Ever since Hindi was identified as a critical-need language...
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Hindi plays role in prompting Pepsi to pull ads from bullrings [ ] `
Newspaper article from: Courier-News (Elgin, IL); 12/30/1999; 700+ words
; Hindi plays role in prompting Pepsi to pull ads...Geneva-based animal rights activist Steve Hindi. Having launched his campaign to end Pepsi sponsorship of bullfighting 18 months ago, Hindi said the victory this week came primarily...
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HAFLONG HINDI: BRIDGING THE ETHNIC DIVIDE
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 9/9/2007; 700+ words
; ...Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times HAFLONG, Sept 9 -- While Hindi is the country's national language, it is the 'Haflong Hindi', a modified version of Hindi that has been the lingua franca and a major unifying factor cutting across...
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Hindi being popularised among Mizos
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 2/7/2008; 594 words
; ...decade ago Mizos were not keen to learn Hindi, the national language, but with the...The Government of Mizoram has included Hindi in the school curriculum till standard...ten. People are realizing that knowing Hindi could be of great help in the future...
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HINDI CLAIMS PART IN PROMPTING PEPSI TO PULL ADS FROM BULL RINGS | `VICTORY' DECLARED: LOCAL ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST CREDITS ALLIES IN INDIA
Newspaper article from: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL); 12/30/1999; 700+ words
; ...Geneva-based animal rights activist Steve Hindi. Having launched his campaign to end Pepsi...sponsorship of bull fighting 18 months ago, Hindi said his victory this week came primarily...bull-fighting footage shot in Mexico by Hindi -- video which featured the Pepsi logo...
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A Hindi curriculum for several Trinidad schools
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 2/4/2008; 700+ words
; ...Syndication. Port of Spain, Feb. 4 -- Hindi is getting a fillip in Trinidad and Tobago...announced that his organisation has developed a Hindi curriculum to be used in its 60 primary...institutions. "We have also developed Hindi cards in order to give the boost that Hindi...
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Hindi
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Hindi , language belonging to the Indic group of...languages. The official language of India, Hindi is the written or literary variant of Hindustani...There are two main dialectal groups of the Hindi language: Western Hindi and Eastern Hindi...
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HINDI-URDU
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
HINDI-URDU. A composite name that emphasizes the common linguistic features of HINDI and URDU , languages that have the same general...and vocabulary, but differ in their script, Hindi being written in Devanagari, Urdu in Perso-Arabic...
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HINDI
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
HINDI. An Indo-Aryan language, spoken by over...TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO , the US, and elsewhere. Hindi is the official language of India, with...literary tradition dates from medieval times. Hindi proper has three stylistic varieties: a...
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Communication of Ideas: Asia and its Influence
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...despite government attempts to promote Hindi, which is spoken in the northern part...Linguistically related to Sanskrit, Hindi is the single most spoken language in India...majority. In 1971 there were 153,792,062 Hindi speakers listed, but even though it is...
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Hindustani
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...authorities define Hindustani as the spoken form of Hindi and Urdu . Others prefer to call Hindi and Urdu written varieties of Hindustani. The...include some vernacular dialects of northern India. Hindi is the variety of Hindustani used by Hindus...
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