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Is Hindi used in America?
Hindi has emerged as the largest spoken Indian language in the United States, with nearly 6.5 lakh people speaking it, according to the latest Census data.
Which Indian language is spoken most in USA?
According to the 2000 Census and other language surveys, the largest Native American language-speaking community by far is the Navajo.
What language do Indians in the US speak?
The Navajo language, for instance, is the most spoken Native American language today, with nearly 170,000 speakers. The next most common is Yupik, at 19,750, which is spoken in Alaska. However, the majority of Native Americans today speak only English.
Are American Indian languages similar?
The consonants that are found in many North American Indian languages involve several phonetic contrasts generally not found in European languages. The Native American languages use the same phonetic mechanisms as other languages, but many of the languages also employ other phonetic traits as well.
Can all Indians understand and speak Hindi?
No, not all Indians can understand and speak Hindi. Apart from the 422 million people who speak Hindi as their first language, there are close to 103 million people in other states who can understand and speak Hindi as their second or their third language. This includes neighboring states of native-Hindi states.
Why don’t Hindi speakers have an ethnicity?
As you can see Hindi is not a single/one particular language like Tamil, Assamese or Kannada. It is a collection of different languages (dialects) such as Marwari, Bhojpuri, Awadhi, Braj Bhasha and so on. This is why Hindi-speakers don’t have an ethnicity just like Tamils (Tamil-speakers), Malayalis (Malayalam-speaker).
Do Indians see English as a foreign language?
While Indians may see English as language of our colonial masters, if you look at history of Britain, it seems not much different than that of India. The secluded island nation next to Europe has been hounded and invaded by outsiders for last 2,000 years.
Why are there different languages in different parts of India?
What’s more, in regions close to the borders of particular states, there are completely unique languages or dialects, influenced by neighbouring states. That means, you will hear people speak a totally different language called Konkani on the border of Karnataka and Maharashtra.