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The town’s new Language Access Plan will translate certain government documents into residents’ native languages starting with Hindi, the predominant language spoken in India.
Bombay Hindi, also known as Bambaiya Hindi or Mumbaiya Hindi, [1] is the Hindustani dialect spoken in Mumbai, in the Konkan region of India. [1] [2] Its vocabulary is largely from Hindi–Urdu, [1] [2] additionally, it has the predominant substratum of Marathi-Konkani, which is the official language and is also widely spoken in the Konkan division of Maharashtra. [3]
Thonburi (October 1767–1782): From Thai ธนบุรี, meaning "Bank Town". Togo: Lomé (1897–present): Lomé comes from Alotimé which in Ewe means "among the alo plants" (the Alo is a tree whose trunk is still the main source of toothpicks in South Togo). The hunter Dzitri, who founded the city, established himself among the trees ...
Modern Standard Hindi (आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, Ādhunik Mānak Hindī), [9] commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of the Government of India, alongside English, and it is also the lingua franca of North India.
The governmental body which makes policy decisions and established guidelines for the promotion of Hindi is the Kendriya Hindi Samiti (est. 1967). In every city that has more than ten central Government offices, a Town Official Language Implementation Committee is established and cash awards are given to government employees who write books in ...
Hindustani, also known as Hindi-Urdu, like all Indo-Aryan languages, has a core base of Sanskrit-derived vocabulary, which it gained through Prakrit. [1] As such the standardized registers of the Hindustani language (Hindi-Urdu) share a common vocabulary, especially on the colloquial level. [ 2 ]
Kota (/ ˈ k oʊ t ə / ⓘ), previously known as Kotah, is the third-largest city of the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan. [8] It is located about 240 kilometres (149 mi) south of the state capital, Jaipur, on the banks of Chambal River.
Combined percentages of first, second and third language speakers of Hindi and English in India from the 2011 Census. [10] Trilingualism is common in Railway Stations of India. This signboard of a ticket counter in Bhubaneswar Railway Station has text in Odia, Hindi and English. Multilingualism is also common in the international airports in India.