WELCOME!! SWAGTAM!!!
“You live a new life for every new language you speak. If you
know only one language, you live only once.” – Czech proverb
“Cultural differences should not separate us from each other, but rather cultural diversity brings a collective strength that can benefit
all of humanity.” – Robert Alan
Welcome to the ‘Hindi Language studies’ page, a part of the Center for languages & Intercultural Communication (CLIC) at Rice University, Houston, TX.
With the growing number of Indian immigrants to USA and other countries of the world,
‘ Hindi’ the national language of “India, that is also known as Bharat’, and rich socio-cultural traditions of this land, have also crossed the geographical boundaries and extended globally.
Hindi is an Indo-Aryan language with more above 487 million speakers, spread all over the world. With its root lying deep into Sanskrit, the most highly advanced and sophisticated classical language of the world, Hindi is written in Devnagari script that has as many as 13 vowels and 36 consonants. It is phonetic language, which is written exactly as it is spoken. It has been influenced and enriched by Dravidian, Turkish, Farsi, Arabic, Portuguese and English. Hindi is a very expressive language. In poetry and songs, it can convey emotions using simple and gentle words.
Namaste !!
Sarita Mehta, Ph.D
Lecturer in Hindi
Rice University, CLIC
Center for Languages & Intercultural Communication
MS 36,RH 227 B, P.O.Box 1892
Houston,TX 77251-1892
Ph.(0) 713.348.2820
Cell: 713.992.3061
http://langcenter.rice.edu/
https://hindi.blogs.rice.edu
Email: sarita.mehta@rice.edu
Email: drsarita01@gmail.com