Vijay Gambhir University of Pennsylvania

• Vijay Gambhir

• University of Pennsylvania

• HINDI 2005 Total # of Speakers: 465,415

• California 103,285 22.19%

• New York 49,786 10.69%

• New Jersey 45,398 9.75%

• Texas 32,074 6.89%

• Illinois 30,804 6.61%

• Georgia 19,524 4.19%

• Virginia 17,643 3.79%

• Michigan 16,745 3.59%

• Maryland 16,042 3.44%

• Florida 15,479 3.32%

• Pennsylvania 13,459 2.89%

• Massachusetts 13,289 2.85%

• Washington 9,751 2.09%

• Total: 262,671

Indo-Aryan branch of Indo-European Language

• Indo-Aryan branch of Indo-European Language

• Official language of Indian Union

• Lingua Franca

• Language of Bollywood (Hindi cinema)

• Language with a long literary tradition

• Language of popular politics

• Language of heritage identity

• Global communities (Nepal, Middle East, Fiji, Suriname, Canada, Britain, USA, etc.)

• Devanagari script (सलाम नमस्ते)

Diglossia (gap between formal & informal styles)

• Diglossia (gap between formal & informal styles)

• Code-mixing (Hinglish)

• Code-switching

• Standard Hindi

• Regional varieties

• Braj
• Awadhi
• Bhojpuri
• Rajasthani
• Etc.

Linguistic perspective

• Linguistic perspective

• Grammar (phonology, morphology, syntax)
• Vocabulary
• Script

• Literary Perspective

• Historical Perspective

• Cultural perspective

• Political perspective

• Religious perspective

Associate official language

• Associate official language

• Language of power & prestige

• Language of higher education

• Language of computers & Internet

How much Hinglish should be used in second language classrooms?

• How much Hinglish should be used in second language classrooms?

• 2. Should we teach Hindi & Urdu as two separate languages or one language?

• Hindi & Urdu

• Hindi-Urdu

• Hindi Urdu