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How To Learn Hindi: A Short Primer

Perhaps you are trying to discover how to learn Hindi. You should. Hindi is spoken by one of the largest groups on earth, either as a first language or as a second language.

Author: Franmadden

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It is also spoken in many countries, including Yemen, Singapore, South Africa, Fiji, Nepal, New Zealand, Canada, the UK and the United States. Add to that the speakers of Urdu and you have very popular language indeed. Urdu, the national language of Pakistan, is written in a different alphabet from Hindi, but in its spoken colloquial form is virtually indistinguishable.

Hindi is a child of Sanskrit. Because of India's position as a crossway for traders from many countries, and because of its colonial history, India has been enriched by a large number of languages, including Persian, Arabic, Dravidian, Turkish, Portugese and English.

Hindi has a rich poetic history and is very expressive emotionally. It also has vocabulary for expressing rigorous rational thought.

To an American trying to discover how to learn Hindi, the language may seem very difficult to learn. The sounds that the language makes are foreign, the alphabet is exotically beautiful and tenses and aspects of verbs are unlike English. But don't worry. You can learn Hindi. Start with the first lessons and continue one at a time until you make progress. After a time, how to learn Hindi will not seem so intimidating after all.

It is, in fact, relatively easy to learn Hindi. The alphabet is different, but the language is written as it sounds. So learning to write Hindi is very manageable.

Whether you are studying Hindi or any other language, the best thing to do is to speak it, listen to it, read it and write it as much as you can. So rent a Bollywood DVD, invite a classmate over to watch it, and critique it when you are done. You will have a great time watching a wonderful movie with a new friend -- and you will be working on how to learn Hindi!

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Fran Madden wants to help you learn Hindi. Visit her site at http://HowToLearnHindiBlog.com to get your free copy of her report, "Before You Start Your Hindi Course: Some Things to Know About How To Learn Hindi." The report will help you as you take your Hindi course -- and it's free!

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