However, it took more than a century for Hindi in the Devanagari script to be recognised as the official standard form of Hindi. Of course, Hindus were not pleased by this decision. The divide in the common language appeared in the mid-19th century, when one alphabet, the Persian one, was made official over the Devanagari script. While the formers wrote Hindustani using the Devanagari script (related to the native Sanskrit) the laters used the imported Persian alphabet. For a long time, the language was the common vernacular of Hindus and Muslims alike. The Persian language, official dialect of the Imperial court, mixed with local dialects and Hindustani was born. The Mogul dynasties were Muslims following mainly Persian cultural tradition. Hindustani was formed during the Mogul Empire. The difference between those two languages is more socio-cultural than linguistic. As you might also know, Hindi and Urdu are two version of the same language called Hindustani. If you made it so far, you most likely know that Hindi belong to the Indo-Aryan group of languages and that it emerged from Sanskrit and Kari Boli (the medieval languages spoken in the Indian sub-continent) through the influence of Persian and Arabic. If you are just starting to learn Hindi, have a look at our previous articles about the basics of Hindi grammar, Hindi verbs conjugation and how to use Hindi tenses.
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