This article is about standardized Hindi. See Hindi languages for the wider sense of the term. See Hindi for other uses. Standard Hindi (also known as High Hindi, Nagari Hindi or Literary Hindi), in some contexts simply called Hindi (Devan?gar?: or , IAST: , IPA: ) is a standardized register of the standard dialect Khari boli. It is spoken extensively in northern and central India,Shapiro (2003), [LINK: http://books.google.com/books?id=jPR2OlbTbdkC&pg=PA251&vq=%22not+insignificant+numbers+of+speakers%22&dq=hindi+uttar+pradesh&as_brr=3&sig=u5CAclp7Je0ntylfM04B2YgYboc] p. 251 is one of the 22 official languages of India, and is used, along with English, for administration of the central government.[LINK: http://india.gov.in/knowindia/official_language.php] The Union: Official Languag

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