As a North Indian, it hurts me when South Indians say that Hindi is a foreign language to them despite it being the national language of India. Why don't they accept that Hindi are their own language?

作为一个印度北方人，当印度南方人说印地语对他们来说是一门外语时，我很伤心，印地语是印度的国语啊。为什么他们不把印地语当作他们自己的语言呢？

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Aswathi S

The problem I understood so far with North Indians is that, they think Hindi is the only language in India. First of all it’s not the national language of India.

They are very surprised why South Indians doesn’t know Hindi. Like why? We never expect North Indians to learn our language.

到目前为止，我对北印度人的理解是，他们认为印地语才是印度唯一的语言。但首先，印地语并不是印度的国语。

他们很惊讶为什么南印度人不懂印地语。怎么呢了？我们也从不指望北印度人学习我们的语言啊。

I have been asked many times, why I don’t know Hindi? What am I supposed to answer to that? Sorry my parents are born in South India? It’s very embarrassing seriously.

Most of us learn Hindi in school, I learned Hindi till 12th grade, I know to read and write well. But I don’t know how to speak. I never considered Hindi as a need. I can’t talk in Hindi to survive in Kerala, Nor I can talk Hindi outside India.

We aren’t forcing you to learn our language so please stop forcing us and shaming us for the same.

我被问过很多次，为什么我不会说印地语？我该怎么回答呢？很抱歉，我父母出生在印度南部吗？真叫人尴尬。

我们中大多数人会在学校学习印地语，我直到12年级才开始学习印地语，我可以用印地语阅读和写作。但我不会说印地语。我从来都不认为印地语是必须掌握的。在喀拉拉邦我无法依靠印地语，在印度以外我也没法说印地语。

我们没有强迫你们学习我们的语言，所以也请不要强迫我们，羞辱我们。

Sandeep Kumar C

As a South Indian, it hurts me when SOME North Indians like YOU,

作为一个南印度人，看到你这种北印度人，我也觉得很难过。

1.     Say that Hindi is our national language. Hindi is NOT our national language. Period.

2.     Say that everyone from our country should know Hindi. It is OKAY to not know Hindi as it is not our mother tongue. Period.

3.     Tag us as anti-Indian, if we do not know Hindi. We ARE proud Indians even if we do not know Hindi. Period.

4.     Treat other languages as second class language by giving them a tag “Regional languages”. Then, Hindi is also a second class language as it is also one of the regional languages of our country. Period.

1.     你们说印地语是印度国语。拜托，印地语不是我们的国语。

2.     你们说印度所有都得懂印地语。不懂印地语也没关系啊，它又不是我们的母语。

3.     如果我们不懂印地语，你们就给我们贴上反印度的标签。就算我们不懂印地语，我们也一样是自豪的印度人啊。

4.     你们把其他语言视为二等语言，给它们贴上“地方语言”的标签。那么，我必须说印地语也是二等语言，因为它也是一种地方语言。

5.     Forget the fact that the Indian constitution recognizes 22 official languages: Bengali, Hindi, Maithili, Nepalese, Sanskrit, Tamil, Urdu, Assamese, Dogri, Kannada, Gujarati, Bodo, Manipur (also known as Meitei), Oriya, Marathi, Santali, Telugu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Malayalam, Konkani and Kashmiri. Did you see Hindi in the list? Yes. It is also one of the official language along with other languages. Period.

6.     Kill other languages in the name of giving importance to Hindi. There are many languages disappeared or spoken very less because of Hindi domination. Period.

7.     Disrespect the local languages of every cities, towns and villages. RESPECT every language of our country equally. Period.

5.     你们忘了印度宪法承认印度有22种官方语言的事实是吧：孟加拉语、印地语、迈提利语、尼泊尔语、梵语、泰米尔语、乌尔都语、阿萨姆语、多格里语、卡纳达语、古吉拉特语、博多语、曼尼普尔语、奥里亚语、马拉地语、桑塔利语、泰卢固语、旁遮普语、信德语、马拉雅拉姆语、康卡尼语和克什米尔语。你在这个清单上看到印地语了吗？是的。印地语和其他语言一起被列为官方语言。

6.     你们打着重视印地语的名义抹杀其他语言的意义。而因为印地语的霸主地位，许多语言已经消失或鲜少使用了。

7.     你们不尊重每个城市、城镇和村庄的当地语言。请平等尊重我们国家的每一种语言。

Why don't SOME North Indians accept other languages as their own language?

While I respect every other languages on earth, I cannot tolerate any kind of imposition. Hindi is a beautiful language and so are other languages. I will learn it when I need it.

为什么某些北印度人不能接受其他语言呢？

我尊重地球上所有语言，但我不能容忍任何形式的意识强加。印地语是一门美丽的语言，其他语言也是如此。有需要的时候我会学的。

Vaishnavi

I’m a pakka South Indian from southern peninsular but raised up in North and I know better Hindi than Tamil as I can read, write and speak good Hindi. I’m from Army background and can manage many languages . Now the point is I never was hesitant in talking Hindi as my only agenda was to make the other person understand and to make sure the meaning is reaching out in the same way I want to convey.

This is the basic thumb rule of any conversation.

我是南印度人，但在北方长大，我比泰米尔人更懂印地语，因为我可以用印地语流利地阅读、写作和交流。我有军队背景，会说多种语言。现在的问题是，我在说印地语时从不迟疑，因为我唯一的目的就是让对方理解，并确保我把想要传达的意思表达清楚了就行。

这是所有交流的基本法则。

Now I’m in Chennai from last few years and usually when I see lot of North Indian I talk in Hindi.

BUT THE TRUTH IS THESE DAYS I HOLD BACK TALKING IN HINDI AS THERE IS WRONG PRECEPTION OF HINDI BEING A NATIONAL LANGUAGE AND EVERY INDIAN TO SHOULD IT.

前几年我住在金奈，我看到北印度人的时候就会说印地语。

但现在我忍住了，不说印地语，因为大家都有种错误的观念，认为印地语才是印度的国家语言，每个印度人都应该说印地语。

My only advise to all the ignorant people thinking Hindi is a national language, please know there is NO National language and it’s just official language which is used in the parliament and like wise all the regional languages are official languages of that particular state. Hope I made it clear otherwise it will sound like a Polity class .

Hindi is spoken in Couple of states but every state has regional language and slang .

know North East and south India are still part of India . Knowing and learning should be out of interest but not imposed.

No one, no state, no language is superior .

对这些认为印地语才是印度国家语言的无知之流，我有一个建议，你们搞搞清楚，印度并没有国家语言，印地语只是议会使用的官方语言，所有地方语言都是各邦的官方语言。希望我这次把话讲清楚了，不然听起来好像我在给大家上政治课。

印度有几个邦使用印地语，但每个邦都有各自的地方语言和方言。

印度东北部和南部也是印度的一部分。掌握和学习某种语言应该是出于个人的兴趣使然，不能是谁强加给谁的义务。

没有哪个人、没有哪个邦、也没有哪种语言是高人一等的。

Balagopal S

Hindi is not a foreign language and you do not seem to have the correct information. South Indians who are also Indians do not consider Hindi as a foreign language. All that they say is, Hindi is not acceptable as an either link language or a national language. As an Indian from South, it hurts me as much as the questioner to see this question.

The founding fathers of India’s independence decided that because we are a nation with multilingual communities, we cannot have a common national language. They decided that English will be the link language. But Hindi protagonists ruling Delhi decided that Hindi should be made the link language. This is ridiculous as most people in non Hindi speaking states do not know Hindi and do not wish to learn the language compulsorily. Even naming various national projects or schemes in Hindi is an insult to the non Hindi speaking people of India. If Hindi speaking people of India do not want to learn English, it is their choice and nobody can compel them. The same is true for non Hindi speaking people of India who will not accept Hindi being compelled on them.

印地语不是外语，你似乎搞错了。同属印度人的南印度人并没有把印地语当做一门外语。他们想要表达的意思是，印地语既不是沟通语言，也不是国家语言。作为一个来自南方的印度人，我看到这个问题时也跟提问者一样难过。

创建了印度独立史的开国元勋们一致认为，印度是一个拥有多种语言社区的国家，所以印度无法推选出一门通用的国家语言，于是他们决定把英语作为沟通语言。但是统治德里的印地语支持者认定应该把印地语作为沟通语言。这太荒谬了，因为大多数非印地语邦的民众并不懂印地语，也不想被迫学习印地语。而且用印地语命名各种国家项目或规划都是对非印地语民众的侮辱。如果说印地语的印度人不想学英语，那是他们的选择，没有人能强迫他们。那么不会说印地语的印度人也是如此，他们不会接受被迫使用印地语的行为。

No wonder people from Hindi speaking areas have had to suffer severe poverty as is evident from the poverty levels in most of the northern states, simply because they do not wish to learn English. English is a passport to employment not only in the corporates in India but across the world and it is no wonder that people from the southern parts of the country are there in much larger numbers in the United States and various other developed countries and they earn very well, have a much better quality of life for them and their families.

都说印地语地区的民众生活十分贫困，确实，大多数北部邦都很贫困，原因就是他们不想学英语。英语不仅是在印度企业就业的通行证，也是在世界各地就业的通行证，难怪美国和其他发达国家的印度南部人比北部人多很多，他们的收入很高，生活质量也就高得多。

BUT LET US BE CLEAR, HINDI WILL NOT BE ACCEPTABLE AS A NATIONAL OR LINK LANGUAGE BY PEOPLE OF NON HINDI SPEAKING STATES. There are instances of MPs asking the central government to send their communication in English as they cannot understand communications sent in Hindi. Let everyone abide by the constitution which clearly says there can be no national language in the country.

我们要认清一个事实，非印地语邦的印度人不会接受把印地语作为国家语言或沟通语言。有的议员要求中央政府用英语进行通信，因为他们听不懂印地语。每个印度人都要遵守宪法，宪法明文规定印度没有国家语言。

Debabrat Das

I am from north east India, living in Bengaluru (Bangalore). My mother tongue is Assamese. But i can speak Hindi fluently (due to influence around and media like TV), can speak Bengali (due to friends), can manage to speak little kannada and understand it (thanks to Bengaluru).

There is no national language of India currently, Google about it before asking anyone.

India has so many ethnicities and regional languages that it's unfair to impose any on anyone.

我来自印度东北部，住在班加罗尔。我的母语是阿萨姆语，但我能说一口流利的印地语(因为周围人的影响和电视等媒体)，能说孟加拉语(因为朋友)，也能说一点卡纳达语(感谢班加罗尔)。

印度目前并没有国家语言，在提问之前最好先搜索一下。

印度有太多民族和地方语言，对任何人提出强制要求都是不公平的做法。

But when you are living in a different city, it's everyone's duty to try and communicate using the local language, it shows gratitude and respect towards the locality and this helps in many ways. Knowing a new language is always advantageous. Also there are many people in the whole world who feel this way that how come you are not speaking the local language in our land, this mentality is not correct but you can't change the whole world.

但如果你到异地生活，大家就有责任试着用当地语言交流，这是对当地人的感激和尊重，也会在很多方面对你大有裨益。掌握一门新语言总归是有好处的。世界上也有很多人会有这种感觉，认为你凭什么不说我们国家的语言，这种心态确实不对，但你无力改变整个世界。

Sometimes it's about just being polite and trying your best. That's what I do and have never been questioned by anyone till now why I don't know the local language. That's simply because I try to speak , whatever i can't i request politely and ask help from nearby people.

I have no right to question anyone about them not knowing Hindi. What kind of stupid attitude is that? If someone chose not to speak a language, it's fine. As humans , we communicate and for that , we just need to make ourselves understand and we understand them. We have to try ,there is no easy way out.

So please educate yourself first that there is no national language and it's not a crime to not know Hindi. It's you being too comfortable and not willing to learn new things.

有时，这只是关乎礼仪，尽力而为罢了。我就是这么做的，所以至今没有人问过我“为什么不懂当地语言”这种问题。因为我会试着说当地语言，遇到不会说的情况，我就会有礼貌地向身边的人求助。

我没有权利质疑别人为什么不懂印地语。这也太蠢了吧！如果有人不愿意使用某种语言，这有什么要紧呢。作为人类，我们需要交流，我们只需要让别人能理解我们说什么，我们也能理解他们说什么。我们必须努力尝试，没有一劳永逸的办法。

所以你们都要先搞清楚一点，印度没有国家语言，不懂印地语也不是什么罪行。是你太安逸了，不愿意学习新事务。

Ajith R

This is a simple problem- YOU ARE STILL A NORTH INDIAN and not yet became a complete Indian. Change your perspective When you realize we are all Indians and all the 22 official languages practiced by citizens of this country have equal privilege and position, your problems will disappear.

这个问题非常简单——你只把自己视为北印度人，你没有完全把自己当做印度人。等你意识到我们都是印度人，印度公民使用的22种官方语言都拥有平等的特权和地位时，你的问题也就不是问题了。