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Hindi

हिन्दी

At BFSU, Hindi is among 101 approved foreign languages, connecting the university’s multilingual education with the places and cultures where the language is used.

WHERE IT IS SPOKEN

India, South Africa, Canada

NATIVE NAME
हिन्दी
WRITING SYSTEM
Devanagari
AT BFSU
One of 101 languages

LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD

See where Hindi connects communities.

LANGUAGE REACH

≈580.3M

Hindi is spoken across 5 countries and territories.

No. 2 of 101 languages · No. 27 by territory count

ACROSS CONTINENTS
  1. South Asia

    02

    IndiaNepal

  2. Sub-Saharan Africa

    01

    South Africa

  3. The Americas

    01

    Canada

  4. Oceania

    01

    Fiji

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

From daily conversation in India, South Africa, and Canada to education, literature and media, Hindi carries the accents, vocabulary and expressions of different communities.

Population and distribution figures use Unicode CLDR 48 ↗ estimates of people able to use the language, including first- and second-language users. Recorded reach counts territories with an estimated community of at least 10,000; figures are comparative, not live counts.

AT BFSU

A language opens a wider view of the world.

BFSU places Hindi within a multilingual programme that brings language study together with literature, history, society and regional knowledge.

The language is commonly written in Devanagari; its literature, media and everyday expressions carry the experiences of the communities that use it.

SOURCE TRAIL

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