Sunday, October 25, 2009

New Program for Learning Hindi Announced

I'll bet you did not know that Hindi is the fourth most spoken language in the world (after Mandarin, Spanish and English). Although many languages are spoken in India, Hindi is it's official tongue. Despite its enormous popularity, until very recently there has been a remarkable shortage of online programs for people who want to learn to speak and understand Hindi.

But why would you want to take Hindi lessons? Well, for movie fans, the Indian film industry, known as Bollywood, is the second largest on earth, and what better way to fully appreciate those amazing movies than to not have to read subtitles? For business people, India is fast becoming a world leader in science, commerce, information systems and digital media. Businesses that want to expand their operations and sales to South Asia will be recruiting people who not only speak Hindi but also have an appreciation of the Indian culture to market their products to a Hindi-speaking population.

What put this notion into our heads was when we were made aware of a fascinating new website about an English-speaking Canadian man who was searching for a way to learn Hindi almost to no avail until he discovered a new Hindi language course that was so new the ink on its packaging was practically still wet. Anyway, you can learn more about what Hindi language course he eventually chose if you go to the Hindi Course Review website.