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Ek kahani hai jo sabko sunani haiJale walo ki to rooh bhi jalani haiEk kahani hai jo sabko sunani haiInki bhookh bhi to maine he mitani haiInko Kya Pata Haa Maine Kari Kitn- WH- 

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Ek kahani hai jo sabko sunani hai
Jale walo ki to rooh bhi jalani hai
Ek kahani hai jo sabko sunani hai
Inki bhookh bhi to maine he mitani hai
Inko Kya Pata Haa Maine Kari Kitn- WH- 

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Namaskar ! I'm Hindi, the daughter of Sanskrit and yet another language written in the Devanagari script.

✨आप से मिल कर अच्छा लगा।✨
Aap se mil ker accha laga.
Nice to meet you.

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You've already met some of my sisters and relatives, I believe you managed to add up something more to your vocabulary. Now it's time for me to tell you more about myself. So let's dive into the past and see how I took birth.

Dating as far as 1500 B.C. there existed a language named "Vedic Sanskrit". She's my greatest ancestor. This language was the common medium in India until we started receiving foreign guests. Exchange of words took place. People began adopting words from other languages and regional areas started developing their own dialects. Vedic Sanskrit underwent evolution which led to the birth of many languages in the succeeding centuries. Various language families emerged with the two major groups being "Indo-European" and "Dravidian". I belong to the Indo-European Family.

Returning to the present, I've been declared as one of the two official languages of India. About 425 million people have me as their first language. The major Hindi speaking regions in India are called to be lying in the "Hindi Belt". People have come up with their own local versions of me on regional parameters. Khari Boli is my standard form which includes some prefixes and suffixes from other languages too. I've borrowed some words from my sisters, relatives and friends, and that's why I'm referred to as a diverse language.

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Here are some words I've adopted from other languages:

✨बिस्कुट✨
Pronunciation: Bis-kut
Language: French
Meaning: a small baked unleavened cake

✨एहसान✨
Pronunciation: eh-ai-saan
Language: Arabic
Meaning: Favor

✨जिंदगी✨
Pronunciation: zin-de-gee
Language: Persian
Meaning: Life

✨लफंगा✨
Pronunciation: la-fun-gah
Language: Turkish
Meaning: Loafer, good-for-nothing

✨इस्तिरी✨
Pronunciation: iss-tiree
Language: Portguese
Meaning: Ironing

✨प्लेट✨
Pronunciation: plate
Language: English
Meaning: Plate

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