> Many of the languages traditionally clubbed by the Indian government as Hindi are much farther away from standard Hindi than Urdu. Indeed, a large percentage

> Many of the languages traditionally clubbed by the Indian government as Hindi are much farther away from standard Hindi than Urdu. Indeed, a large percentage of 'Hindi dialects' are nothing of the sort. Many Rajasthani 'dialects' are far closer to Gujarati than they are to Hindi.