Two Scholars on Hindi
<p>In addition to being the third most spoken language in the world, with over 600 million speakers, according to <em>Ethnologue</em>, Modern Standard Hindi (आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी) is a language that is also much discussed by Hindi scholars. I am interested in two Hindi scholars, in particular: Nityananda Mishra and Rupert Snell.</p>
<p>Mishra is an Indian who writes books, makes podcasts on YouTube about Hindi, and generally is a Pure Hindi (शुद्ध हिंदी) advocate — Pure Hindi is devoid of foreign loanwords from English, Persian, and Arabic. Snell is English, decries the influence of English on Hindi, and promotes Sanskritic and Persianate Hindi. I am fortunate to have had the honor, and privilege, of learning Hindi from him at The University of Texas at Austin, which has the preeminent Hindi-Urdu department in the country as the national flagship.</p>
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