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URDU NOT OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF INDIA

ARTICLE 343 - Hindi and english are the unions languages

fiji hindi is not official

Latest comment: 6 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

THIS - https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1328357.pdf ". Fiji Hindi is most often the first language of the Indo-Fijians. However, Standard Hindi is formally recognised as the standard language" "Vishwa Hindu Parishad, and Shree Sanatan Dharam Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji provided a unified approach to convince the Minister for Education to remove Fiji Hindi from the Hindi national examination papers." THIS PROVES FIJI HINDI IS NOT FIJIS OFFICIAL LANGUAGE — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theoneandonlylinguist09 (talk • contribs) 12:08, 15 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

Fiji Hindi isn't. The constitution states Hindustani is official.

https://constitutionnet.org/sites/default/files/1997_constitution.pdf Shubhsamant09 (talk) 01:58, 7 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Weird

Latest comment: 9 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

In introduction it says "It is also spoken by deccani speaking people in deccan plateau". What does that even means and what's the source? 103.120.178.193 (talk) 17:20, 8 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 1 October 2025

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Add "Latin (Hinglish, Urdish)" to the Writing Systems in the Infobox 122.162.151.165 (talk) 11:33, 1 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Not done for now: No explanation provided for the reason of the proposed change AlphaBetaGamma (Talk/report any mistakes here) 13:44, 1 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

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Comparison of different modern Khadiboli registers using the same sentence
Language	Sentence (in Latin script)	Remarks
English	The clouds of our country shower blessings on this land.
Modern Standard Hindi	Hamārē rāṣṭra kē mēgh is bhūmi par vardān varṣātē ha͠i. (Devanagari: हमारे राष्ट्र के मेघ इस भूमि पर वरदान वर्षाते हैं।)	Highly Sanskritised variety with tatsama vocabulary (although MSH does also employ native tadbhava vocabulary as well), generally preferred for formal purposes by followers of Dharmic religions, Sanskritists and linguistic purists and puritanists alike.
Hindustani	Hamārē dēs kā bādal is dhartī par vardān/barkat barsātē ha͠i.	Colloquial variety with native tadbhava vocabulary, with a substantial number of loanwords from both tatsama vocabulary, as well as from Persian and Arabic (and to some extent, even Turkic), as seen (to some extent) in Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb.
Hinglish/Urdish	Hamārē country* kē clouds is land par blessings shower kartē ha͠i.*	Heavy code-mixing with English words and phrases.
Standard Urdu	Hamārē mulk ke abr is zamīn par raḥmat nāzil kartē ha͠i. (Nastaliq: ہمارے ملک کے ابر اس زمین پر رحمت نازل کرتے ہیں۔)	Highly Persianised and Arabised variety, mostly preferred for formal purposes by followers of Islam and people in a Persianate culture and setting.

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