Center for Language Studies

Hindi and Urdu

Hindi is the second most widely spoken language of the world. You’ll be able to have a conversation with more than 700 million friends!

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Hindi is the second most widely spoken language of the world. You’ll be able to have a conversation with more than 700 million friends!

Hindi is an official language of India. Whether you are dealing in business, information technology, science or digital media, India is an increasingly important presence globally.
Spoken by a large number of people worldwide -- India, Pakistan, Nepal as well as Trinidad, Fiji, Guyana, Mauritius, South Africa.
The language of the increasingly popular Bollywood movies.
If you speak Hindi/Urdu, you have a language in common with millions of people.
Urdu is the official language of Pakistan.
The percentage of English speaking people in India and Pakistan is about 7%. 90% of people in rural India and Pakistan do not understand English, hence Hindi/Urdu is required.
Hindi and Urdu are virtually identical at the everyday spoken level.
Hindi is written in the Devanagari script, which is both elegant and easy to learn. Nepali, Marathi, and Sanskrit (India's classical language) are also written in this script.
Urdu is written in a modified form of the Arabic script.
The literary history of Hindi and Urdu goes back to the thirteen century.
Hindi/Urdu is ancient, elegant and expressive. Hindi/Urdu is a language with a tremendous legacy of poetry, philosophy and song. Knowledge of Hindi/Urdu opens doors to the study of poetry and sacred texts that is rare for Westerners.
Proficiency of Hindi-Urdu language and culture will pave the way to success.
Hindi and Urdu are Critical Languages according to the National Security Education Program and expertise in them will open up doors for you post Brown.