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Hindi is a modern Indo-Aryan
language (belonging to the family of greater Indo-European languages) and
is a descendent of Sanskrit, the earliest speech of the Aryan settlers in
the north-west frontiers of India. Passing through various stages of
evolution over a period of time -- from Classical Sanskrit to
Pali-Prakrit and Apabhransha, the emergence of Hindi in its earliest form
can be traced back to the 10th century A.D. (Bhandarkar 1929, Chatterji
1960).It has been influenced and enriched by Dravidian, Turkish, Farsi,
Arabic, Portugese and English. In poetry and songs, it can convey emotions
using simple and gentle words. It can also be used for exact and rational
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Hindi
is a very expressive language. More than 180 million people in India
regard Hindi as their mother tongue. Another 300 million use it as a second
language. Outside of India, Hindi speakers are 100,000 in USA; 685,170 in
Mauritius; 890,292 in South Africa; 232,760 in Yemen; 147,000 in Uganda;
5,000 in Singapore; 8 million in Nepal; 20,000 in New Zealand; 30,000 in
Germany. Urdu, the official language of Pakistan, spoken by
about 41 million in Pakistan and other countries, is essentially the same language
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