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Bible Society of
India
Hindi Bible Old
Version, maps.
#804000
Flex-cover (5 X
7-1/4)
ISBN:
8122100147
Hindi is the name
given to an
Indo-Aryan
language, or a
dialect continuum
of languages,
spoken in
northern and
central India.
Native
speakers of Hindi
dialects between
them account for
41% of the Indian
population. Hindi
is one of the two
official
languages of
communication
(English being
the other) for
India's federal
government and is
one of the 22
scheduled
languages
specified in the
Eighth Schedule
to the
Constitution.
Official Hindi is
often described
as Standard
Hindi, which
along with
English, is used
for
administration of
the central
government.
Hindustani
or
Standard
Hindi is
an
official
language
of Fiji.
Native
speakers
of Hindi
dialects
account
for 48%
of the
Fiji
population.
This
includes
all
people
of
Indian
ancestary
including
those
whose
forefathers
emigrated
from
regions
in
India,
where
Hindi
was not
generally
spoken.
Hindi is
one of
the
three
official
languages
of
communication
(English
and
Fijian
being
the
other).
Standard
Hindi is
a
sanskritised
register
derived
from the
khari
boli
dialect.
Urdu is
a
different,
persianised
register
of the
same
dialect.
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