Hindi Diwas:
Many Sounds of India

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India's linguistic diversity comes alive through the voices of Hindi speakers from every corner of the country. In this intermediate-level lesson, you will watch a Hindi Diwas video featuring speakers from different Indian cities and regions, sharpen your listening skills by identifying locations, and build directional vocabulary in Hindi to describe where places are found across India.

Page outline:

1. Watch the video — Hindi Diwas speakers representing the many sounds of India

2. Listening task — Identify and write down the city each of the seven speakers is from (Ira Sharma, Mrutyunjay Kumar, Bharat Singh Rajpurohit, Gautam, Jayanti Jha, Ahmed Husain, Abhay Bhatt)

3. Vocabulary — Directional words: पूर्व (East), पश्चिम (West), उत्तर (North), दक्षिण (South)

By the end of this page you will be able to: locate cities mentioned in the video on a mental map of India, use the four cardinal directions in Hindi, and recognize regional variation in Hindi speech across India.

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VOCABULARY LIST

East - पूर्व 

West - पश्चिम 

North - उत्तर 

South - दक्षिण 

🔖 Need help with pronunciation or additional meanings? Click here for an online Hindi dictionary with pronunciation support.

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