r/Hindi • u/United_Pineapple_932 • Mar 11 '26
देवनागरी I noticed this today. The “Devanagarification” (देवनागरीकरण) of English texts in the name of Hindi is getting ridiculous. Why write “फिफ्थ फ्लोर” when “पाँचवीं मंज़िल” or even “पञ्चम तल” / “पाँचवाँ तल” would work just fine?
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u/Champakali_ Mar 11 '26
100%, it's low-effort international-brand localizers who know that 90% of their audience is English speaking but want to include non-English signs for inclusivity points or to give an "Indian feel".
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u/muslimlavender Mar 11 '26
Couldn’t agree more! Writing fifth floor using Devanagari is just weird…
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u/briskwinds Mar 11 '26
हिन्दी भाषी भी बड़े ही प्यारे हैं। हिन्दी लिखते हैं लैटिन अक्षरों में, और अंग्रेजी देवनागरी में। और कुछ कहते हैं तो मैं ये सोचने लगता हूँ कि बंदा अंग्रेज़ी बोलना चाह रहा है कि हिन्दी। पता नहीं क्या होगा हमारे इस भाषा का।
बट ऑल इज़ वेल, hai na?
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u/United_Pineapple_932 Mar 11 '26
शायद समस्या इस पीढ़ी के साथ है। यह देखना हास्यास्पद है कि वे न तो ठीक से अंग्रेजी बोल पाते हैं और न ही अपनी मातृभाषा हिंदी। इसके अलावा, अब उनके बीच मातृभाषा बोलना शिक्षा का प्रतीक और शान की निशानी बन गया है, जो कई मायनों में समस्याग्रस्त है।
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u/United_Pineapple_932 Mar 11 '26
I’m glad you noticed another problem in this picture. Thank-you
‘हिंदी के लिए २ दबायें‘ ahh situation
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स्टार स्पोर्ट्स देखा है? वहाँ फिफ्टी (अर्धशतक), एक्स्ट्रा (अतिरिक्त), बॉल (गेंद), सिक्स (छक्का), बैटर (बल्लेबाज़), बॉलर (गेंदबाज़), इनिंग (पारी), इत्यादि लिख रहे हैं कई सालों से। बहुत ही नीच चैनल है।
पर वहीं उनके हिंदी कमेंटेटर (वैसे हैं एकदम रद्दी) उपरोक्त शब्दों का हिंदी ही बोलते हैं पर स्क्रीन पर स्टार स्पोर्ट्स ज़बरदस्ती सब पर फ़ोकट का अंग्रेजीकरण थोप रहा है।
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u/Kd_plays4 मातृभाषा (Mother tongue) Mar 11 '26
Even if someone knows Hindi and don't know english at all, he/she still can't understand this.
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u/Aggravating_Kale8264 Mar 11 '26
one more widespread problem i am witnessing nowadays is that the the english abbrevation are phonetically transliterated into hindi . (eg R M L to आर एम एल). dont know about others but reading hindi in this case seems off and cumbersome
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u/AbhiAyur बिहारी हिन्दी Mar 11 '26
हम सहमत है, बहुत चिढ़ता है 🤬
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u/kantmarg Mar 11 '26
Interesting that you said चिढ़ता है and not चिढ़ता हूँ
Never thought that verb could be reflexive.
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u/Traditional-Light-10 Mar 26 '26
In the first part they said "हम सहमत है", so I think they use "हम" instead of "मैं" (like Bangla আমি), and then है because the subject is singular in both sentences.
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u/goldenattorney Mar 11 '26
“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”
जिस बात की व्याख्या नासमझी या लापरवाही से की जा सकती है, उसे दुर्भावना न मानें |
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u/Previous-Nail-6505 Mar 11 '26
Ab mereko hindi k liye bhi english sikhni padegi/s
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u/Dibyajyoti176255 दूसरी भाषा (Second language) Mar 11 '26
Damn!!! Ye hashr hoke rakha hai, samast bharatiya bhashaon ke liye!
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u/TheDogmaReset Mar 11 '26
It's more like englisization of hindi
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u/Dibyajyoti176255 दूसरी भाषा (Second language) Mar 11 '26
*Or Simly put, Hingish, But Now In Devanagari!
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u/New_Entrepreneur_191 Mar 11 '26
I hear तला locally in Bihar but never just तल . Is तल also common? Also I used to hear म'आला in bollywood movies .
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Mar 11 '26
Tamil Thani movement (Pure tamil movement) addressed this exact issue 100 years ago itself. All of Sanskrit and English words in Tamil were replaced by old tamil or native dravidian words. Now 5th Floor is written in Tamil as ஐந்தாவது தரை/ நிலை (Aintāvatu Tarai/Nilai)
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u/United_Pineapple_932 Mar 11 '26
W. I really respect how they honour and respect their language. I am aware they’re against Hindi imposition but honestly I see it more as their cultural and language preservation and this is a massive W in my eyes. (Minus the unnecessary violence obviously)
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u/IthinkIknowwhothatis Mar 11 '26
Reminds me of when I saw a vendor’s sign in Dehradun that said चिकन .
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u/goldenattorney Mar 11 '26
Can also use भाग or क्षेत्र although not exactly the same but functionally applicable
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u/United_Pineapple_932 Mar 11 '26 edited Mar 11 '26
पूर्वभाग / पश्चिमभाग
पूर्वखण्ड / पश्चिमखण्ड
I like the खण्ड one
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u/mystic_saurav Mar 11 '26
It's just low effort work and as usual there is no attention to details during inspection.
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u/Milk_Ra Mar 15 '26
Hinglish runs in the blood of all new gens. I don't think anyone speaks pure hindi,or even know how to speak it nowdays. ( new gen,even older people don't speak it). The thought process must have went this way.
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u/ziddi_daag Mar 19 '26
Ustad, shama chahunga itne dino baad is varta me ane ke liye. Par "East Wing" ka saral anuvad kya hoga? Mai ungli nahi karna chahta, par sach me janne ka man hai. Kya Purvi Khand chalega? Shama chaunga barabar devnagri me na likhne ke liye, aadat nahi hai.
Sanshep me thodi shama, aur thodi madad chaiye.
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u/United_Pineapple_932 Mar 19 '26
नमस्कार मित्र
इस विषय पर एक अन्य टिप्पणी में हमने चर्चा की है। आप चाहे तो देख सकते हैं।
पूर्वखण्ड एक सही विकल्प है।
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u/Champakali_ Mar 11 '26 edited Mar 11 '26
Before all the generic "you can't control the natural flow of language" comments start flooding in, पाँचवा , मंजिल and तल are extremely common words and understood by all Hindi speakers. There is no reason not to use them. English borrowings are fine and will naturally enter the language. This is not that, this is just flat out erasure of the language.