The Influence the Hindi Language on India and Asia

The Influence the Hindi Language on India and Asia The Hindi Influence on Languages all Over the World. ChaptersThe Influence of Hindi on Urdu (and Vice-Versa)The Influence of Hindi on Other Asian LanguagesHindi Words in Asian LanguagesHindi Words in Languages Outside of AsiaEnglish Words Derived from HindiThe Hindi language is spoken by over 590 million people worldwide. Even Indians who don’t speak Hindi as their mother tongue might speak it as a second language.With so many Hindi speakers around the world, how has the language influenced others in Asia and elsewhere? Can learning other languages help you understand Hindi?entered the language as loan words from the Prakrit dialects or Sanskrit, all precursors of Hindi.Interestingly, Sanskrit also influenced other Asian languages - more so than Hindi. Here, one of the earliest inscriptions on Java, in Vedic Sanskrit. Photo credit: Ms Sarah Welch on WikipediaBollywood as the Pollinating Bee of IndiaThis said, once more Bollywood comes into play. Bollywood is interesting in its role in disseminating the various Indian languages. While Bollywood movies are generally in Hindi with a good splattering of Urdu, movies often feature other Indian languages as well, such as Punjabi, Kannada, Tamil or Telugu.A Hindi movie featuring a Sindhi-speaking family will attract a lot of viewers with Sindhi as their native language. At the same time, they will be exposed to Hindi as the second language of the film, and new words and phrases from the Hindi language might become popular for a time in the Sindhi community. Some will fade away, but other Hindi phrases will survive and make it into the permanent vocabulary of Sindhi.Bollywood is very popular, and Hindi movies will be available in non-Hindi-speaking communities. 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So you will find Hindi terms in Malay, Indonesian (though Indonesian has more Sanskrit terms than Hindi), Lao, Burmese and Thai.However, on the whole, Hindi’s influence on other Asian languages is minimal.There is a large Indian community that has built up in Nepal over several centuries. They call themselves Madhesis and many still speak the Awadhi dialect  of Hindi.Hindi Words in Languages Outside of AsiaAnywhere there is a sizeable Indian population, it seems likely that Hindi words will enter the local language. Hindi loanwords can turn up in pla ces you might not suspect.Hindi Creole LanguagesIn certain places, Hindi has been combined with other languages, either imported or local, to create a sort of lingua franca to allow various different populations with different languages to communicate with each other.Fiji uses a form of Hindi derived mainly from the Awadhi dialect, with some influence from the Bhojpuri, Magahi and Bihari language of India. Called Hindustani by the Fijian Indian community, it also incorporates words from the native Fijian language and English.Fiji Hindi is quite similar to Caribbean Hindustani, a lingua franca for the population of Indian descent living on most Caribbean islands (except for French Guyana, Martinique and Guadeloupe, where most of the Indians are from southern India, where Dravidian languages are spoken). Carribean Hindustani mostly borrows from the Hindi Awadhi dialect, as well as a mix of Bhojpuri and other Bihari dialects along with smatterings of the local languages.There is Fiji H indi creole used to communicate on the Pacific islands of Fiji and Vanuatu. Photo credit: Björn Groß on Visual huntHindi Words in African LanguagesThere is a large Indian diaspora in South Africa, mostly concentrated around the city of Durban. They speak a form of Hindi with a lot of Awadhi and Bhojpuri mixed in. The language they speak is similar to a form of Indian spoken on Mauritius.Because a lot of Indians came to Africa during the Colonial Period - some as slaves, some as servants and some as free men and women - Hindi words have entered some African languages such as Swahili or Somali.English Words Derived from HindiYou will find Hindi words in other languages, too, such as Hebrew, Italian or even Scots. However, those words usually did not come directly from Hindi, but from the Hindi terms that have made it into the English language.Through over a century of colonial rule, a lot of Hindi words made it into standard English vocabulary. Of course, you first think of food - w ords such as chutney (from chatni) or toddy (from tari, the juice of the palmyra palm) -curry comes from Tamil, not Hindi - or spiritual terms such as yoga, karma or nirvana.But did you know that the Englishmen who fought in the Indian wars, traded with the East India Company, owned plantations or served in the Colonial government also brought back words such as:Bungalow (from bangla) - a house in the Bengal styleCot (from khat) a bedCummerbund (from kamarband) - waist bindingKhaki (from khaki) - dust-colouredJungle (from jangal) - wilderness, forestLoot - to stealPunch (panch) - “five” for its five original ingredients: alcohol, sugar, lemon, water and spices (or tea).Shampoo (champo) - “rub!”Thug (thagi), “thief or con man”Veranda (baramdaa)Shampoo (champo, to rub)Juggernaut (a form of Vishnu called Jagganath, during whose festival huge carts were pulled through the streets)Dungaree (a denim fabric)Bangle (bangri, a kind of bracelet)Pyjamas (paijaamaa, leg garment)So a s you see, you are speaking some Hindi without even knowing it!You can learn more by finding Hindi lessons on our Superprof website.