Hindi is a major Indo-Aryan language used in poetry throughout India and in Hindi-speaking communities elsewhere. In a poetry context, the word usually points to poems written in Hindi, often drawing on everyday speech, regional idioms, and vocabulary shaped by both Sanskrit and Persian influences.
Hindi is the Fifth most spoken language in the world. About 500 million people speak Hindi, in India and abroad, and the total number of people who can understand the language may be 800 million. The constitution of India (Article 343) recognizes Hindi as the official language of India. Hindi is also the main language in many states of India such as Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal/ Uttarakhand, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Himachal Pradesh. It is spoken by more than 487 million people in the world. The other dialects of Hindi are Brajbhasha, Bundeli, Awadhi, Marwari, Maithili, and Bhojpuri, to name only a few.
Example
Saanjh ne chhat par dhun rakhi,
chandni ne chup ko aur gehra kiya.
Mitti boli, "main yahin hoon,"
aur dil ne us baat ko Hindi mein suna.
[n] the most widely spoken of modern Indic vernaculars; spoken mostly in the north of India; along with English it is the official language of India; usually written in Devanagari script
[adj] of or relating to or supporting Hinduism; "the Hindu faith"