Influence of Hindi in Nepal by tarainews.com.np
Hindi as the National Language of India: After independence the first constitution of India recognized Hindi (written in Devnagari Script) as the official Language of the country. But this language has been serving the country for at least for the last one thousand and five hundreds years and today is a lingua franca all over India. It is the first language of more than half of the country. During Mughal period it spread to Hyderabad in south, which was identified by the name of ‘Dakkhini Hindi’, and in north-eastern region from Bengal to the former Greater Assam as ‘Brajbuli’. At present it is used by people all over India from the extreme north in Kashmir to the extreme south in Kanyakumari and also in the north-eastern states to the northern states like Punjab. The vast region states of northern and mid-region states, where Hindi is used as the first language, have a leading role to promote this language and have played leading role in making it rich in literature and linguistically.
Now Hindi is developing its international form also. Most of the developed countries in the world have some Hindi speakers. Some developing countries like Mauritius, Trinidad and Tobago, Surinam, Guyana and Fiji have sizeable Hindi speakers.
Influence of Hindi: After India, the second largest Hindi speaking country is Nepal. It is also the second largest country in the world, which uses Sanskrit. Nepal has a long tradition of her own literary compositions in these two languages; especially clear trends in literature and language developed of Hindi. At least for the last one thousand years, Hindi has influenced thoughts of Nepalese people and is used here widely in every part of the country. It is the first language of the people of Terai (plains) region and also a lingua franca all over the country. It has a great role in the day-to-day life of Nepalese people as well as in the Nepali language and literature. The reason is that the Nepali language and most of the other languages in Nepal share the same Devnagari script, which is the script of Sanskrit and Hindi too. The vocabulary of Hindi language has lots of Sanskrit words known as ‘Tatsam Shabda’. Even ‘Tadbhava Shabda0(s)’ are originally derived from Sanskrit vocabulary. Still Hindi has a closer affinity with Sanskrit and it is maintaining its position as the real descendant of Sanskrit. Hindi speaking people in India and Nepal admire Sanskrit as their ancestral language. Even today, original Sanskrit ‘Vedic’ and ‘Upanishadic’ mantras are frequently used during rituals and worship in Hindu families of India and Nepal. This relation between Sanskrit and Hindi made Hindi easily understood in Nepali speaking hilly region of Nepal. The southern part, i.e., Terai or plains region of Nepal, which is also known as the economic backbone of the country, has Hindi as the first language of its people. Though Terain people have less or insignificant role in national, political mainstream, or bureaucracy, till present, economically and linguistically the region has played a great role open the vast hilly region, i.e., the northern land area which is 83% of the total land area of the country. The rest 17% of the total area, i.e., the southern part of Terai region, has very dense population, about 51% of the total national population. But the Terai region feeds the hilly regions and its own Terai people as well. Only due to the fertile land and the hardworking farmers of the Terai region, this becomes possible. This dependency of hilly people upon Terain people made them develop economic, linguistic and cultural relations with Hindi speaking Terai belt. Thus Nepali speaking hill people learned Hindi as their second language.
For last thousands of years Nepal has a living contact with India. The relation between two countries is unique in all sense and has very broad aspects. The aspects are religious, cultural, social and linguistic. Every year thousands and thousands of Nepalese pilgrims travel to India’s religious places like Varanasi (Kashi) Prayag Triveni, Haridwar, Mathura, Vrindavan, Kedarnath, Badrinath, Amarnath, Dwarika, Gaya, Triupati- Balaji, Kanyakumari and Kamakhya. Similarly as millions of Indian pilgrims come to Nepal every year to worship Pashupatinath in Kathmandu, Janaki (Sita’s) temple at Janakpur, Barahkshetra in Kishi zone, Muktinath in western hill region and Devghat in the southern foot hills. This interaction between the people of the two countries has made it easy to learn Hindi even in the Nepali speaking hill region of Nepal. This interaction also strengthened the language development of the Hindi speaking Terai region of Nepal.
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Now Hindi is developing its international form also. Most of the developed countries in the world have some Hindi speakers. Some developing countries like Mauritius, Trinidad and Tobago, Surinam, Guyana and Fiji have sizeable Hindi speakers.
Influence of Hindi: After India, the second largest Hindi speaking country is Nepal. It is also the second largest country in the world, which uses Sanskrit. Nepal has a long tradition of her own literary compositions in these two languages; especially clear trends in literature and language developed of Hindi. At least for the last one thousand years, Hindi has influenced thoughts of Nepalese people and is used here widely in every part of the country. It is the first language of the people of Terai (plains) region and also a lingua franca all over the country. It has a great role in the day-to-day life of Nepalese people as well as in the Nepali language and literature. The reason is that the Nepali language and most of the other languages in Nepal share the same Devnagari script, which is the script of Sanskrit and Hindi too. The vocabulary of Hindi language has lots of Sanskrit words known as ‘Tatsam Shabda’. Even ‘Tadbhava Shabda0(s)’ are originally derived from Sanskrit vocabulary. Still Hindi has a closer affinity with Sanskrit and it is maintaining its position as the real descendant of Sanskrit. Hindi speaking people in India and Nepal admire Sanskrit as their ancestral language. Even today, original Sanskrit ‘Vedic’ and ‘Upanishadic’ mantras are frequently used during rituals and worship in Hindu families of India and Nepal. This relation between Sanskrit and Hindi made Hindi easily understood in Nepali speaking hilly region of Nepal. The southern part, i.e., Terai or plains region of Nepal, which is also known as the economic backbone of the country, has Hindi as the first language of its people. Though Terain people have less or insignificant role in national, political mainstream, or bureaucracy, till present, economically and linguistically the region has played a great role open the vast hilly region, i.e., the northern land area which is 83% of the total land area of the country. The rest 17% of the total area, i.e., the southern part of Terai region, has very dense population, about 51% of the total national population. But the Terai region feeds the hilly regions and its own Terai people as well. Only due to the fertile land and the hardworking farmers of the Terai region, this becomes possible. This dependency of hilly people upon Terain people made them develop economic, linguistic and cultural relations with Hindi speaking Terai belt. Thus Nepali speaking hill people learned Hindi as their second language.
For last thousands of years Nepal has a living contact with India. The relation between two countries is unique in all sense and has very broad aspects. The aspects are religious, cultural, social and linguistic. Every year thousands and thousands of Nepalese pilgrims travel to India’s religious places like Varanasi (Kashi) Prayag Triveni, Haridwar, Mathura, Vrindavan, Kedarnath, Badrinath, Amarnath, Dwarika, Gaya, Triupati- Balaji, Kanyakumari and Kamakhya. Similarly as millions of Indian pilgrims come to Nepal every year to worship Pashupatinath in Kathmandu, Janaki (Sita’s) temple at Janakpur, Barahkshetra in Kishi zone, Muktinath in western hill region and Devghat in the southern foot hills. This interaction between the people of the two countries has made it easy to learn Hindi even in the Nepali speaking hill region of Nepal. This interaction also strengthened the language development of the Hindi speaking Terai region of Nepal.
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