Hindi speakers

[Harold F. Schiffman]

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Kira,

Go to the Census of India page:

http://www.censusindia.net/

and follow the various leads; it'll probably give you the closest details.

Hal S.

On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Kira Hall wrote:

> VYAKARAN: South Asian Languages and Linguistics Net
> Editors:  Tej K. Bhatia, Syracuse University, New York
>           John Peterson, University of Munich, Germany
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> Does anyone know of the latest official estimates of how many people in
> India (or elsewhere) claim Hindi as their mother language, and how many
> speak Hindi as a second language?  I would be very grateful for the
> information.
>
> Kira Hall
>
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