Hindi
This article is about Modern Standard Hindi. For other uses, see Hindi (disambiguation). Hindi हिन्दी Hindī The word "Hindi" in Devanagari script Pronunciation Hindustani pronunciation: [ˈɦin̪d̪iː] Native to Northern India (Hindi Belt) Ethnicity Hindustani people (historically), Indian people Native speakers 322 million [1] (2011) [2] L2 speakers: 120 million (1999) Language family Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Central Zone (Hindi) Western Hindi Hindustani [3] Khariboli [3] Hindi Early forms Vedic Sanskrit Classical Sanskrit Sauraseni Prakrit Sauraseni Apabhramsa Old Hindi Writing system Devanagari Devanagari Braille Signed forms Signed Hindi Official status Official language in India Recognised minority language in United Arab Emirates [4] Regulated by Central Hindi Directorate [5] Language codes ISO 639-1 hi ISO 639-2 hin ISO 639-3 hin Linguist List hin-hin Glottolog hind1269 [6] Linguasphere 59-AAF-qf Hindi (Devanagari: हिन्दी, IAST: Hindī ), or Modern Sta