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🇮🇳 Hindi
India's most widely spoken language; written in Devanagari script; official language
India 1100 World Languages
🗣️ Key Facts
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Over 600 million speakers (260 million native); one of the 22 Scheduled Languages of India
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Derived from Sanskrit via Prakrit and Apabhramsha; written in Devanagari (46 characters)
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Official language of India alongside English; 3rd most spoken language in the world
Hindi became India's official language on 14 September 1949 — celebrated as Hindi Diwas
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🗣️ World Languages
Country/Origin
🇮🇳 India
Year / Era
1100
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India's most widely spoken language; written in Devanagari script; official language