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Native name: हिन्दी (Hindī) Language family: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central Zone, Western Hindi, Hindustani, Khariboli. Number of speakers: 615 million. Spoken in: India, Nepal, South Africa and Singapore. First written: 4th century AD. Writing system: Devanāgarī script (देवनागरी), Brahmi script.
Hindi is written in Devnagari or ‘Nagari’ script. The script is phonetic; so that Hindi, unlike English, is pronounced as it is written. Therefore, it is to learn the characters of the script and the sounds of the language at the same time.
Devanagari script. The Constitution of India says: The official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script. The form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the Union shall be the international form of Indian numerals. — Part XVII of the Indian Constitution [1]
Part XVII of the Indian Constitution deals with the official language of the Indian Union. Under Article 343, the official languages of the Union have been prescribed, which includes Hindi in Devanagari script and English: (1) The official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script.
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History. Letters. Transliteration. Encodings. Devanāgari keyboard layouts. See also. References. External links. Devanagari ( / ˌdeɪvəˈnɑːɡəri / DAY-və-NAH-gər-ee; देवनागरी, IAST: Devanāgarī, Sanskrit pronunciation: [deːʋɐˈnaːɡɐriː]) is an Indic script used in the northern Indian subcontinent.
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Hindi is written in the script called “Devanagari” meaning “the city of the gods.” Very slight variations of this script are used to write several languages in India including Sanskrit, Marathi, Awadhi, and Braj Bhasha, among many others.
Mar 29, 2024 · Devanāgarī, script used to write the Sanskrit, Prākrit, Hindi, Marathi, and Nepali languages, developed from the North Indian monumental script known as Gupta and ultimately from the Brāhmī alphabet, from which all modern Indian writing systems are derived.
