Handbook of Hindi:

Abhishek Avtans, Lecturer (Applied Hindi Linguistics) August 2008

Central Institute of Hindi, Agra
Email- abhiavtans@yahoo.com
Website - http://sites.google.com/site/hindispekingtree/
Cardinal Numbers

1 Ek एक Days of the Week स ाह के दन

2 do दो
Monday somvaar सोमवार
3 tin तीन
Tuesday Mangalvaar मंगलवार
4 car चार
Wednesday budhvaar बुधवार
5 Paanc पांच
Thursday guruvaar गु वार
6 cha छह
Friday shukravaar शु वार
7 Saat सात
Saturday shanivaar श नवार
8 aath आठ
Sunday ravivaar र ववार
9 nau नौ
10 das दस
11 gyaarah यारह Hindi is a modern Indo-Aryan language
12 baarah बारह spoken in South Asian countries (India,
Pakistan, Nepal) and also in other countries
13 terah तेरह outside Asia (Mauritius, Trinidad, Fiji,
14 caudah चौदह Surinam, Guyana, South Africa and other
countries). Approximately six hundred
15 pandrah पं ह million people speak Hindi, as either a first or
16 solah सोलह second language. It is ranked among the five
most widely spoken languages of the world. It
17 satrah स ह is the official language of India. In addition, it
18 atharah अठारह is the state language of Bihar, Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar
19 Unnis उ नीस Pradesh, and Rajasthan.
20 Biis बीस
Hindi, which is a descendant of the Sanskrit
30 Tiis तीस
language, is not strictly the name of any chief
40 calis चाल स dialect of the area but is an adjective, Persian
in origin, meaning Indian. Hindi is written in
50 pacaas पचास
the Devanagari script which is ranked as the
60 saath साठ most scientific writing system among the
70 sattar स र existing writing systems of the world. The
Devanagari script is written from left to right
80 assi अ सी and is a descendant of the Brahmi script
90 nabbe न बे which was well established in India before
500 B.C. The script is phonetic in nature and
100 sau सौ there is a fairly regular correspondence
1000 hazaar हज़ार between the letters and their pronunciation.
10,000 das hazaar दस हज़ार
1,00,000 laakh लाख

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