Hindi Item
Does anyone here have any expereince of learning Hindi as a second language?

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Are you *really* Randolph "the young"?  ;-)

Truthfully, none of the Indian people I know speak Hindi as their primary
language.  They *know* Hindi, of course, and can speak to other Indian people
in Hindi.  But they most often speak to people from another state using
English.

The people I know come from these states and speak these languages:
Maharashtra - Marathi (includes the Bombaywallas)
Andhra Pradesh - Telugu
Tamil Nadu - Tamil
Karnataka - Kannada
Orissa - Oriya

I guess if you met someone from Delhi they would speak Hindi primarily.  
But I haven't had that kind of experience.

Yes, I know the primary languages of India, and I know that English is used
mainly for interstate communications, but I always wanted to learn Hindi for
some reason. I was just wondering if any non-native speakers had any
experiences with it. 

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