Learn Hindi
Posted on: February 03, 2010A Short Primer On Learning Hindi
As of last count, Hindi is said to be spoken by more than 180 million people of India and even considering it as their mother tongue. Another 300 million people use Hindi as a second language. Together with English, it is the main official language of India.
These figures are apart from those that speak Hindi from many parts of the world like Yemen, Singapore, South Africa, Fiji, Nepal, New Zealand and even in the United States. This does not include the 41 million in Pakistan who spoke its twin language, Urdu.
This makes Hindi a language spoken by one of the largest groups of people in the whole world, second perhaps only to Mandarin Chinese.
Hindi is directly derived from one of the world's oldest languages, Sanskrit. Through the ages, it had been influenced and enriched by other languages such as Farsi, Arabic, Dravidian, Turkish and even Portuguese and English.
Poetic and rational
Because of its very long tradition and nature, it had been known to be a very expressive language. It can convey complex emotions even with simple and gentle words. On the other hand, it can stand up to exact uses in rational thinking.
Indian song and dance films are mostly done in Hindi. These films are very popular not only in India but in many parts of India and the world by people who do not even speak Hindi or Urdu.
Learning tips
It had been known that when studying a new language, everything in that language seemed more complicated than your own native language. Later, students would find that once the lessons start to come, and seeing words forming into sentences, the new language does not seem so intimidating after all.
This is also true with Hindi.
It is also comforting to know that the Hindi language is easy to pick up, easier than most people think. Reason? It is spoken exactly as it is written. In no time at all, the student will b able to read Hindi just as good as speaking it.
Alphabet
Learning a new language must begin with the alphabet because this is the basis for all speech and writing. Hindi Varnamala is the name of the Indian alphabet.
The Varnamala has 52 sounds. To be able to read, you must be able to master 10 vowels, 40 consonants, and 2 vocalizing techniques (nasalization and a kind of aspiration).
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