Hindi

Native Speakers: 342 Million

Hindi is a language spoken in India and it is the official language of the Indian government. It’s mutually intelligible with Urdu. India has 23 official languages, with Hindi/Urdu chief among them. Whether this is one language — Hindustani — or two dialects is still fiercely debated. Spoken mainly in northern India and parts of Pakistan, Hindi uses Devanagari script, while Urdu uses Persian notation.

Hindi grabs the fourth spot in the list of top 10 most spoken languages in the world. There are higher estimates of Hindi speakers which acts as the base for all the North Indian languages in India. Not all variations of Hindi are mutually lucid considering the same language. Despite the Hindi speakers, translation services including English to Hindi and Hindi to English translation is not much requested because most probably Hindi-Urdu speakers can also speak the English language.

A few facts about the Hindi language:

• Hindi is written in Devanagari--a writing system you can learn with Scripts.
• The English word “shampoo” is borrowed from Hindi along with punch, pajamas, guru, jungle, and khaki.