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Also, there's no such a thing as Indian language. Hindi language yeah but Indian no.
by FerociousTimes 5y ago
Also, there's no such a thing as Indian language. Hindi language yeah but Indian no.
- beecafe 5y agoThere is actually, its called Hindustani - the mix (pidgin?) of the dialects that is actually spoken by people rather than any pure single dialect.
- FerociousTimes 5y agoMy understanding is that Hindustani is more of a continuum than a single language, a sort of umbrella term for all Hindi and Urdu standard languages and sister languages/dialects.
- unmole 5y ago> There is actually, its called Hindustani - the mix (pidgin?) of the dialects that is actually spoken by people rather than any pure single dialect. Every single assertion in that sentence is wrong. Hindustani is only spoken by ~60% of the population and a even lower percentage speak it as a first language. It is not a pan-Indian language. Hindustani is not a pidgin. Hindi and Urdu are both standardized registers of Hindustani. And Telugu and Tamil are not even in the same language family as Hindustani. So, no. There is no singular Indian language.
- barry-cotter 5y agoIndo-Aryan is a real dialect continuum where people in the next village over can understand each other extending from pretty deep in Central Asia and Iran into Southern India until you reach Dravidian speaking peoples. Same deal from Punjab to Bengal. It's not the same language but it's the same family of them. punjabi and Bengali aren't mutually intelligible just as Spanish and Romanian aren't but if you speak one the other is not difficult to pick up.