Hindi (Hindi:हिन्दी hindī), sometimes spelled हिंदी, also called Modern Standard Hindi (Hindi:मानक हिन्दी mānak hindī), is a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language. Hindi is an official language of the Union of India, and the lingua franca of the Hindi belt languages.
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