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Hindi Language
After Chinese, Hindi is the most spoken language in the world, as it is the mothertoungue of about 500 million people, plus other 300 million who can understand it.History of the language
The history of Hindi dates back to 5,000 BC in Central Asia, where it was spoken a language called by linguistists Indo-European parent language. Hindi shares common roots with English and this is reflected in the English words of Hindi origin (cot, loot) and in some Hindi words similar to their English equivalent. But the language which has influenced Hindi the most has been ancient Sanskrit. What is more, before the separation of the country into India and Pakistan, Hindi was virtually identical to spoken Urdu. The colonization of India by the British was to a certain extent positive for the Nation, as it was in this period thet the standardization of Hindi begun. The process was completed after the independence, when the Government issued a set of grammar rules which where the basis of modern Hindi, which was declared official language of India in 1965.Dialects
Hindi is only a little part of the officially recognised Indian languages (which are 18) and as a language on its own it counts with around ten variations. The most popular dialects are Khariboli, a quite formal form of language used in literature, or Bambayina, the street-dialect of Bombay which is also used in Bollywood to identify broody characters. (nel nuovo cambiare esmpi)Grammar and Slang
Hindi grammar is structured around the SOV-orientation, this means that the verb always comes at the end of the sentence, no matter if it is a statement, a question or an imperative. So, in hindi phrass like "I hindi learn", or "Here now come" sound perfectly natural. Verbs inflects with respect to number, gender and tense, as it is for other languages, but a peculiarity of Hindi is hat it distinguishes between the type of action (perfect, imperfect, continuous) and the degree of respect (intimate, familiar, respect). This scale is determined by our relation with the speaker, i.e. if it is a friend, our lider or an older person.Classical grammar can be quite boring, so to relax your mind let's have a look at Hindi slang. If you want to say that something is really cool, use "fundoo" or "gazab". If you want to ask how someone is, you should make a distinction: if you are talking to a woman, use "aap kaisii hain?", while if you are addressing a man the proper phrase is "aap kaise hain?".