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estee06
Lv 5
estee06 asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 2 decades ago

Can anyone figure out why people mix up 'Hindu' (religion) with 'Hindi' (language)?

Is it a lack of awareness/ ignorance or typo?

I have seen a lot of people confusing Hindu with Hindi - both are different (a Hindu may or maynot speak Hindi - they can speak Tamil, Marathi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali etc)

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  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago
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    Hehehehe! So I see that my ignorance prompted you to post a question. My first language is Spanish and in it, a person from India is called indú. So what I did was a phonetical translation. So as to answer your question, at least in my case I'd say it's ignorance.

    Thanks for the correction, my friend. :)

  • answerer101
    Lv 5
    2 decades ago

    it is like islam/muslim. they call it the muslim religion, but it has to be islam.

    hindu/hindi sound alike. otherthan to ppl who speak sanskritic languages hindu and hindi is like potato and potaato..

  • ?
    Lv 5
    2 decades ago

    well they words sounds the same except for the u and the i. just correct them.

  • zberryfunk
    2 decades ago

    Good old fashioned American ingnorance

  • lincseagles
    2 decades ago

    u and i

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