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In which state of India Hindi is most spoken?
Indian States by most spoken scheduled languages
State / Union Territory | 1 | 2 |
---|---|---|
Bihar | Hindi (including Bihari languages) | Maithili |
Chandigarh | Hindi | Punjabi |
Chhattisgarh | Hindi | Odia |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Gujarati | Hindi |
Which Indian state has more languages?
Nagaland
The release of linguistic data from the 2011 census allows us to objectively conclude that Nagaland is the most linguistically diverse state in India, with Kerala being the least diverse.
Which country has the largest number of Hindi speaking people?
The largest number of Hindi speaking people is in India. Approximately 422 million Indians (40\%) speak Hindi as the first or second language. English and Hindi are the two national languages of India.
How many states in India have Hindi as an official language?
It is an official language in 9 States and 3 Union Territories and an additional official language in 3 other States. Hindi is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India.
Is the Hindi language superior to other North Indian languages?
Hindi is simply a standardised form of a Khariboli dialect that was spoken in Western UP/Delhi/Eastern Haryana. It does not make it superior to any other North Indian language. After that, Rajasthan, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Haryana are also states where Hindi has become more popular than the local languages.
How many Hindi speakers are there in the United States?
Surprisingly the United States is home to the third largest group of Hindi speaking people. About 650, 000 people speak the language in the country making it the 11th most popular foreign language in the United States. However, the speakers of the language use it mostly at home because of the dominance of the English language.