Fiji, Guyana, India, Mauritius, Nepal, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Fourth on the list of world languages after Chinese, Spanish, and English, modern Standard Hindi claims to descend from the sacred and religious language of ancient India, Sanskrit, from which it derives a majority of its vocabulary. The lingua franca of the so-called ‘Hindi Belt’ of north India, it has over 260 million native speakers, with another 200 million using it as a second language for communication purposes.
With English one of two official languages of India for government, Hindi is to be found throughout the country, unifying areas where dozens if not hundreds native languages and dialects may coexist. It is an official language of Fiji and a recognized regional language in Mauritius, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, and Suriname, all of which have significant numbers of native Hindi speakers. There are also eight million Hindi speakers in Nepal and over 650,000 in the United States.
Part of the Indo-European language family, modern Hindi has many similarities with the languages of contemporary Europe and North and South America, where the Indo-European languages have also flourished. Considering Sanskrit to be its parent language, it nevertheless has been affected by the Dravidian languages of southern India (e.g., Tamil, etc.), the Turkic languages, Persian, Arabic, Portuguese, and English.
Spectrum Translation has worked with Hindi since 2006. We have translated and localized Hindi for India, acknowledging the importance of the language not just for India, but for the international community, as India joins the modern age through such organizations as BRICS, of which it is a member.
We welcome your queries regarding successful translation, proofreading, and editing in this vital language of South Asia.