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Literary Hindi

Also known as: High Hindi, Hindi, Hindi-Urdu, Nagari Hindi, Standard Hindi

Type: Dialect

Glottolog ID: lite1247

Language Family

Indo-European / Classical Indo-European / Indo-Iranian / Indo-Aryan / Middle-Modern Indo-Aryan / Continental Indo-Aryan / Midlands Indo-Aryan / Shaurasenic / Indo-Aryan Central zone / Western Hindi / Hindustani / Hindi / Literary Hindi

Geographic Location

Countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal

Coordinates: 25.0000°, 77.0000°

Information

This page is for the Literary Hindi language/dialect.

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Resources

Generated from Glottolog 5.2 data. Last updated: January 12, 2026