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Hindi Language & Heritage Communities

Hindi Language & Heritage Communities. Vijay Gambhir University of Pennsylvania. HERITAGE HINDI COMMUNITIES MLA DATA (5 years +). http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results Total # of Speakers : 465,415. HINDI 2005 Total # of Speakers : 465,415

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Hindi Language & Heritage Communities

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  1. Hindi Language & Heritage Communities Vijay Gambhir University of Pennsylvania

  2. HERITAGE HINDI COMMUNITIESMLA DATA (5 years +) http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results Total # of Speakers: 465,415

  3. HINDI 2005Total # of Speakers: 465,415 • California 103,285 22.19% • New York 49,786 10.69% • New Jersey 45,398 9.75% • Texas 32,074 6.89% • Illinois 30,804 6.61% • Georgia 19,524 4.19% • Virginia 17,643 3.79% • Michigan 16,745 3.59% • Maryland 16,042 3.44% • Florida 15,479 3.32% • Pennsylvania 13,459 2.89% • Massachusetts 13,289 2.85% • Washington 9,751 2.09%

  4. Ohio 9,229 1.98%Arizona 6,706 1.44% North Carolina 6,640 1.42% Connecticut 6,427 1.38% Wisconsin 5,787 1.24% Minnesota 5,587 1.20% Tennessee 5,122 1.10% Oregon 4,408 0.94% Nevada 3,107 0.66% Indiana 3,104 0.66% Kansas 2,548 0.54% Alabama 2,315 0.49% Missouri 2,298 0.49% Colorado 2,295 0.49% Utah 1,920 0.41% South Carolina 1,907 0.40% Oklahoma 1,488 0.31% Nebraska 1,345 0.28%Louisiana 1,107 0.23% New Hampshire 950 0.20%

  5. Iowa 920 0.19% Arkansas 853 0.18% North Dakota 821 0.17% Mississippi 790 0.16% Delaware 740 0.15% Rhode Island 667 0.14% West Virginia 611 0.13% District of Columbia 589 0.12% New Mexico 481 0.10% Idaho 453 0.09% Montana 369 0.07% Hawai'i 284 0.06% Kentucky 141 0.03% Vermont 127 0.02%

  6. Ability to speak Englishby age groups http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&SRVY_YEAR=2005

  7. MLA 2005: Urdu Speakers Total: 262,671

  8. SOME FACTS ABOUT HINDI • Indo-Aryan branch of Indo-European Language • Official language of Indian Union • Lingua Franca • Language of Bollywood (Hindi cinema) • Language with a long literary tradition • Language of popular politics • Language of heritage identity • Global communities (Nepal, Middle East, Fiji, Suriname, Canada, Britain, USA, etc.) • Devanagari script (सलाम नमस्ते)

  9. Linguistic Properties of Hindi • Diglossia (gap between formal & informal styles) • Code-mixing (Hinglish) • Code-switching

  10. Varieties of Hindi • Standard Hindi • Regional varieties • Braj • Awadhi • Bhojpuri • Rajasthani • Etc.

  11. Hindi & Urdu RelationshipAre they different languages? • Linguistic perspective • Grammar (phonology, morphology, syntax) • Vocabulary • Script • Literary Perspective • Historical Perspective • Cultural perspective • Political perspective • Religious perspective

  12. Role of English in India • Associate official language • Language of power & prestige • Language of higher education • Language of computers & Internet

  13. Pedagogic Issues • How much Hinglish should be used in second language classrooms? 2. Should we teach Hindi & Urdu as two separate languages or one language? Hindi & Urdu Hindi-Urdu Hindi Urdu

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