Since the tenses don’t really correlate across languages, it is relatively easy for native English speakers to find themselves using the wrong tense to express an action. There is little overlap between verb tenses in English and those found in Hindi. Hindi learners can reliably use the written forms of words as a guide to their pronunciation. Hindi is also a highly phonetic language that lacks the myriad of pronunciation and spelling exceptions found in modern English.
This is double the number of English letters, but less than half the number of characters found in Japan’s two phonetic alphabets.įurthermore, Devangari is written in a left-to-right manner that will be familiar to English speakers. However, it does contain a manageable number of characters: ten vowels and forty consonants. The Hindi Devangari script looks very different from what native English speakers are used to reading. Written Hindi does not use the Latin alphabet common to English and the Romance family of languages. A solid grasp of Hindi makes it possible to communicate verbally with native Urdu speakers as well. While the languages have different written forms, spoken Hindi and Urdu are virtually identical. Fluency in Hindi also provides partial-fluency in Urdu, the national language of Pakistan. Being able to communicate competently in Hindi gives you an edge in dealing with a huge potential market of clients and customers. Learning Hindi offers a very practical advantage to professionals who routinely conduct business with companies based in India. Today, we’re going to look at some of the basics of Hindi, the primary language of India.