Both languages are used in parliament, in the judiciary, in communications between the central government and state government, and for other official purposes. Hindi is one of official languages of the government of India - the other offical language is English. Hindi is spoken in the Bagmati, Janakpur and Narayani zones in the Terai lowlands of southern Nepal, and it is spoken in KwaZulu-Natal province in the east of South Africa. In other parts of India, as well as in Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan, Hindi is understood. It is spoken in much of north and central India alongside other languages such as Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi or Bengali. Hindi is the main language used in the northern Indian states of Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand and Bihar. Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand states. Government of India official language of Bihar, Chhattisgarh,ĭelhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Status: Official language of the Federal.Writing system: Devanāgarī script (देवनागरी), Brahmi script.
Spoken in: India, Nepal, South Africa and Singapore.Language family: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central Zone, Western Hindi, Hindustani, Khariboli.