| Spoken by: | ~ 500–680 million |
|---|---|
| Spoken in: | India, Sri Lanka, Fiji (Hindustani), Mauritius (Hindi/Urdu), Nepal (Bhojpuri), Suriname (Sarnami),Myanmar. |
| Language family: | Indo-Aryan |
Hindi, reported to be the second most commonly spoken language in the world, is spoken by more than 500 million people.
Phonology[]
Grammar[]
Orthography[]
Common difficulties[]
The Foreign Service Institute has classified Hindi as a "Hard" language. It is estimated that learning Hindi to a Professional Working Proficiency in the language (a score of Speaking-3/Reading-3 on the Interagency Language Roundtable scale) will take an average of 44 weeks (1100 class hours).[1]
Resources[]
There is an Foreign Service Institute course for Hindi.
There is Sublearning for Hindi
Pimsleur offers a course in Hindi.
Duolingo offers a course in Hindi.
Rosetta Stone offers a course in Hindi.
References[]
- ↑ U.S. Department of State; FSI's Experience with Language Learning; https://www.state.gov/m/fsi/sls/c78549.htm