How did hindi spread across India.

In present India majority speak Hindi, Hindi is one of our official Languages and the Government is taking all possible steps to make it a National Language by spending Crores in promoting Hindi.

Hindi is the most preferred and most wanted language to be used as a linking language amongst our diversity. There are states which are opposing Hindi; however no one can stop the spread of Hindi across India.

How did Hindi become a majority in India while other Indian languages could not spread across India though being older than Hindi. E.g.: Sanskrit , one of the Oldest languages has become extinct and is now used only in temples and people hardly understand Sanskrit. What made Hindi so special that it has become more popular than the mother (Sanskrit)?

Which part of the country did Hindi actually originate from?

Hindi evolved from Prakrit. 'Prakrit' refers to a group of Middle Indic, Indo-Aryan languages.

Sanskrit died out because the priestly class (brahmins) restricted other sections of the society from using the language and denied them access to scriptures in the language.

Prakrit group of languages on the other hand was the languages of the masses, the common man.. Great visionaries like Gautama Buddha denounced Sanskrit as it was not known to the masses and used prakrit to spread his philosophy.. And from prakrit evolved our beautiful, simple language of hindi..😊 Language of the common man..😊 Later during the reign of delhi sulthanate and the Mughals Hindi further evolved accepting many arabic words.

For survival adaptation & evolution is the key even if its a language 😉 😆

Originally posted by: pogo

Sanskrit died out because the priestly class (brahmins) restricted other sections of the society from using the language and denied them access to scriptures in the language.

Prakrit group of languages on the other hand was the languages of the masses, the common man.. Great visionaries like Gautama Buddha denounced Sanskrit as it was not known to the masses and used prakrit to spread his philosophy.. And from prakrit evolved our beautiful, simple language of hindi..😊 Language of the common man..😊 Later during the reign of delhi sulthanate and the Mughals Hindi further evolved accepting many arabic words.

Originally posted by: RajBoM

It is great to know these facts...really interesting. Was Hindi then considered as a threat to priestly class and to Sanskrit. Also is it possible that to win the local support, the Mughals promoted Hindi.

What would be the future of Hindi and other surviving Indian Languages. Would they resist the impact of English?

The priestly class never bothered about the common man or his language.
Yup Mughals accepted the vernacular language of that time to mingle with the people and gain support.

Nope, as for now English is no threat to Hindi and other Indian languages. English speaking population is a very small minority. Vast majority of the population still communicate in their mother tongues.

Originally posted by: angie.4u

For survival adaptation & evolution is the key even if its a language 😉 😆

Hindi also does not have certain sounds like news as in english...do you suggest that Hindi loan certain sounds maybe from other languages in order to be competent enough to be recognised as a Global Language.

only mumbai hindi is the real hindi.. everything else is too made up hindi...

Originally posted by: RajBoM

Hindi also does not have certain sounds like news as in english...do you suggest that Hindi loan certain sounds maybe from other languages in order to be competent enough to be recognised as a Global Language.

Also there is a drastic decline or almost no literary work done in Hindi over the past few years, where as certain Indian Languages ex. Tamil are striving towards improvising and spreading the langauge. Why is this missing with Hindi.

Every phonic doesnt need to be there in a language.. if a language can get most of the words with that.. it is fine... it doesnyt make a language lack lustre....

Every phonic doesnt need to be there in a language.. if a language can get most of the words with that.. it is fine... it doesnyt make a language lack lustre.... That is very much true....however in our Country where English is as much as essential as our mother toungue, do you suggest that certain English sounds which are not avialable in hindi can be loaned..Ex. in Delhi people say 'News' as in 'Huge' and 'easy' as in 'egee' as the sound of 's' in not available instead 'gi' is used. Mumbai is not comparable when it comes to Hindi, people are more educated and talk good...as you travel north you may notice that the Hindi spoken is not influenced by any other language.

Sometime I feel..Hindi is not our national language... It is just an official language....40% of India speaks Hindi, do not imply that remaining 60% be forced to learn the same. India in the mother tounge of UP, MP, Parts of Bihar. Remaining states speak languages that is not hindi. We take prode in speaking in hindi, but do not force it on us.... Its a matter of choice that all the people of this great country has..😊