Nonono, Hindi does not sound like German and English...at least to me. (Mum speaks a little German, so I've heard all three.) However, Sanskrit, the language Hindi was born from (all our old Hindu Scriptures and documents and hard-to-learn stuff are in Sanskrit) is supposed to be the mother language, and almost every language has some roots in Sanskrit. English, for one, French, for another. A whole buttload of them. Since it's required right now, I've completely forgotten any examples...typical. But Sanskrit is one of the oldest languages in the world, so. Yeah. :D Pardon my incoherence.
My mother's North Indian (from two places) and my Dad's South, which means their native languages are completely different...we speak English at home, but I'm the only one who's not completely multilingual. I can read, write and understand a little Hindi, understand some Tamil, and I know some French. The rest of them all know at least three Indian languages and one foreign one...I feel like such a loser sometimes :D When my Northie relatives are down, they switch languages so fast I don't even bother trying to keep up at mealtimes. My uncle married a Frenchwoman, and he's lived in France for years...he teaches Hindi to the French people, especially army recruits. French-Hindi is so wonderful to listen to! <3 *much love for the French* I've stayed with them, and he and his (French!) wife switch between French and English, with a little Hindi thrown in. I asked him what language he thinks in, and he said French or English for big things, Hindi for the little things. It must be so damned confusing to be multilingual.
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Nonono, Hindi does not sound like German and English...at least to me. (Mum speaks a little German, so I've heard all three.) However, Sanskrit, the language Hindi was born from (all our old Hindu Scriptures and documents and hard-to-learn stuff are in Sanskrit) is supposed to be the mother language, and almost every language has some roots in Sanskrit. English, for one, French, for another. A whole buttload of them. Since it's required right now, I've completely forgotten any examples...typical. But Sanskrit is one of the oldest languages in the world, so. Yeah. :D Pardon my incoherence.
My mother's North Indian (from two places) and my Dad's South, which means their native languages are completely different...we speak English at home, but I'm the only one who's not completely multilingual. I can read, write and understand a little Hindi, understand some Tamil, and I know some French. The rest of them all know at least three Indian languages and one foreign one...I feel like such a loser sometimes :D When my Northie relatives are down, they switch languages so fast I don't even bother trying to keep up at mealtimes. My uncle married a Frenchwoman, and he's lived in France for years...he teaches Hindi to the French people, especially army recruits. French-Hindi is so wonderful to listen to! <3 *much love for the French* I've stayed with them, and he and his (French!) wife switch between French and English, with a little Hindi thrown in. I asked him what language he thinks in, and he said French or English for big things, Hindi for the little things. It must be so damned confusing to be multilingual.
Sorry for the rather unrelated rambling parts :D