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title: "Origin of Hindi"  
description: "A brief explanation about the origin of hindi and it's facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-16  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2891/origin-of-hindi  
category: "education, history"  
tags: ["education", "history", "hindi", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Origin of Hindi

![Origin of Hindi](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c18a3356-ac86-4340-ba88-6e6debcf1c84/images/7106eff0-0ae0-400a-866e-588efcec0e6a.jpeg) ![Origin of Hindi](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c18a3356-ac86-4340-ba88-6e6debcf1c84/images/ccce026d-c905-4f12-a16c-50fe6f36f900.jpeg) Hindi's roots can be traced back to Sanskrit, an ancient Indo-Aryan language spoken in India approximately 1500 BC. ![Origin of Hindi](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c18a3356-ac86-4340-ba88-6e6debcf1c84/images/c83c0434-d964-40cf-aff0-b7b761fd8b50.jpeg) "Hindi" is derived from the Sanskrit word "Sindhu," which means "of or belonging to India" and refers to ancient India's westernmost limit. ![Origin of Hindi](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c18a3356-ac86-4340-ba88-6e6debcf1c84/images/729797c5-8410-44d5-b736-5a22143f2fdb.jpeg) The title "Hindi" was first used to describe the language spoken in the Indus River valley region and later extended to other parts of India. ![Origin of Hindi](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c18a3356-ac86-4340-ba88-6e6debcf1c84/images/70fa219a-2363-4232-9b1f-6b7a9f6b3485.jpeg) Due to centuries of foreign control in India, Hindi with Sanskrit roots has been impacted by Persian, Arabic, and English. ![Origin of Hindi](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c18a3356-ac86-4340-ba88-6e6debcf1c84/images/7106eff0-0ae0-400a-866e-588efcec0e6a.jpeg) Today, Hindi is also one of the six official languages of the United Nations, spoken in countries like Fiji, Mauritius, and Suriname.

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