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Originally Posted by bwhhisc
Appreciate your candid comment
So....i am confused on what languages are spoken in India and about the use of the Newspapers that are printed in local languages.
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Unlike other nations, India is united by diverse cultures and thousands of years of strong linguistic history.
121 languages are spoken by 10,000 or more people.More than 19,500 languages or dialects are spoken in India as mother tongues, according to the latest analysis of a census released in 2018.
There is no doubt that Hindi is spoken by the majority in the Northern India, but the literacy rate in the Hindi Speaking states are critically lower than Non-Hindi speaking states.
It is all because of inequality, religious conflicts made by politicians and poverty. On top of everything, Caste system ruins the overall progression of the country.
In Southern part of India that comprises of 5 states and 2 union territories, Hindi is known to just 1% to 2% of the total population. Literacy rates in the southern states is much higher than the national average, with approximately 81% of the population capable of reading and writing. Every state in the South speaks Dravidian languages.
Politicians in the Hindi speaking states are just promoting either religious abhorrence or caste inequality and keeping the illiterate population in the Hindi speaking states under their control.
I would like to give an example, the Southern State, Tamil Nadu has the second highest GER in india, India's Mission is to reach 40% GER by 2030 whereas TN has already crossed the 51% GER. It is all because of the regional political parties that made sure in bringing the people out of below poverty line and has almost no religious conflicts. These regional parties had worked more on the education and empowerment of the students. Another similar example is the Southern state of Kerala.
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We are based in the US, and one of our offshoots of our convention services business is furniture rentals for weddings.....and we do a few Indian weddings each year.
I note that the guests speak great English, but when speaking to each other they are generally not speaking English but either Hindi, Bengali or ???
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In general, Indians who use Internet are capable of reading and writing in English to a decent level.
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Is there a variation of English like "pinyin" in Chinese?
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Exactly. Every script can be written using English Alphabets and the corresponding native scripts. This is the reason why IDNs haven't picked up in India.
Majority of those who speak Hindi are either illiterates or don't speak or write English. Those who can write and speak English prefer to use the English script to write in the local language in the Internet.
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i had renewed these Hindi domains last week before this discussion got started, any opinions are welcome.
Not a native speaker so not sure they are the 'best' terms.
Just not ready to "drop" my aged Hindi.com to see them get 'snapped' up on the drop 
A few of these were sold to me by native speakers on this forum circa 2006
डेटिंग.com Dating
जूते.com Shoes
गीत.com Songs
चुटकुले.com Jokes
ज्योतिष.com Astrology
मूवी.com Movie
कार्टून.com Cartoon
कारलोन.com Car Loan
होमलोन.com Home Loan
कैंसर.com Asthma
कॉलेज.com College
घड़ी.com Watch (timepiece)
शेयर.com Shares (stocks)
मधुमेह.com Diabetes
गुजरात.com Gugaret (geo)
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These are all good names and no doubt in it, but they are all just collectibles, just like my News.com (Hindi), IMO.
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