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Can Indian speak fluent English?
Amid this Babel, English remains the country’s only lingua franca. India now claims to be the world’s second-largest English-speaking country. The most reliable estimate is around 10\% of its population or 125 million people, second only to the US and expected to quadruple in the next decade.
Is Hindi an attractive language?
Hindi is definitely a rich and beautiful language. So is the spoken language. It is rich not just because of the literature but also by the beauty of the language itself. Hindi is definitely a rich and beautiful language.
Why do Hindi words sound different from English words?
The phoneme // as exemplified by the s in pleasure is missing in Hindi and so pronunciation of such words is difficult. Consonants clusters at the beginning or end of words are more common in English than Hindi. This leads to errors in the pronunciation of words such as straight (istraight), fly (faly), film (filam).
Why is it so hard to learn Hindi in English?
English, of course, is prevalent in India, and for this reason Hindi learners may well be extremely fluent. Nevertheless, native-English speakers often have difficulties understanding them because of the combination of the pronunciation problems listed above and the use of Hindi intonation patterns.
What is the difference between English and Hindi/Urdu?
The differences between English and Hindi/Urdu. Introduction: Hindi is the major language of India. Linguistically and in its everyday spoken form Hindi is virtually identical to Urdu, which is the national language of Pakistan. The two languages are often jointly referred to as Hindustani or Hindu-Urdu.
What is the difference between English and Hindi word order?
There are two aspects of word order that are different in Hindi and English. Firstly, the standard word order is in Hindi Subject-Object-Verb as against Subject-Verb-Object in English. Secondly, in Hindi the preposition comes after the noun or pronoun it qualifies (i.e., it is more correctly called a ‘postposition’.