Adelphi Language Database: Hindi

Native Name: हिन्दी Hindi
Number of Speakers: 200 million
Official language of: India
Script used: Devanagari

Sample of Hindi

Hindi is an Indo-Aryan language  and is used as the language of administration, the media, education and literature in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Elsewhere in India, Hindi is used, along side English, as a second language. Hindi is also spoken in Nepal, Singapore, South Africa, Uganda. Hindi is closely related to Urdu, the main language of Pakistan, which is written with the Arabic script.

Hindi first started to be used in writing during the 4th century AD. It was originally written with the Brahmi script but since the 11th century AD it has been written with the Devanagari alphabet. The first printed book in Hindi was John Gilchrist’s Grammar of the Hindoostanee Language which was published in 1796.

Hindi Translation, Typesetting, Websites, Voice-Overs and Subtitles

Adelphi Translations Ltd. work translating Hindi to English and English to Hindi. We also produce voice recordings and subtitles for video in Hindi as well as translation and localisation of web sites into Hindi. We are based in Sheffield, UK and handle language projects for local clients in commercial centres such as Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and London but also have many International clients from around the world.