Hindi Diwas 2020- Here Are 10 Interesting Facts About the Hindi Language

Business Standard Hindi Diwas 2020: Here are 10 interesting facts about the Hindi language

Hindi Diwas 2020: Hindi is the fifth most spoken language in the world, with 366 million people communicating in the language.

Hindi Diwas is celebrated every year on September 14 to mark the adaptation of Hindi (written in Devanagari script) as the official language by the Constituent Assembly in 1949. The decision to mark September 14 as Hindi Diwas was taken

by Jawaharlal Nehru. Hindi got its name from the Persian word Hind, meaning 'land of the Indus River'.

On Hindi Diwas 2020, Business Standard begins to you some interesting facts about the language 1. Hindi is an Indo-European language Hindi is a standardised from of Hindustani, along with Urdu. Hindi is derived directly from Hindustani in North India and was standardised in the 19th century.

2. 5th most spoken language Hindi is the fifth most spoken language. It is spoken by 366 million people across the globe.

3. Countries where Hindi is spoken Hindi is spoken in many countries including Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, USA, UK, Germany, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, Uganda, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad, Mauritius, and South Africa.

4. Modern Devanagari script The modern Devanagari script came into existence in the 11th century.

5.Some prominent Hindi writers There were many writers like Kaka Kalelkar, Maithili Sharan Gupta, Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, Seth Govindadas made important contributions to make Hindi the official language.

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