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• Learn Hindi And Other Indian Languages at Home With Real Teachers

  In Languages, Travel Tips / By Chris Chopp / 20 September 2012 / 1 comment

  

  Learning a foreign language isn’t necessary to travel India. English is widely spoken throughout the country, and many of India’s travel agencies offer tour guides who speak foreign languages from around the world. But let’s say you want to learn Hindi or another of India’s numerous languages. The how and where of finding a language course can be frustrating. Many of you have heard of Rosetta Stone and their at-home [...]

   

• 9 iPad Indian Language Editors You Should Be Using Now

  In Languages, Top 10 / By Chris Chopp / 18 October 2011 / 0 comments

  

  Social media sites along with text and email continue to dominate the way we communicate to others. One problem was sharing content in each person’s language via the proper script. The following 9 iPad Indian language editor apps, available for free from the iTunes App Store, allow users to convert text into script instantly. Integrated one-touch buttons for Facebook, Twitter and more further allows each user to post newly converted [...]

   

• Assamese, The Official Language of Assam

  In Languages, Travel Tips / By Chris Chopp / 13 June 2011 / 0 comments

  

  Nestled deep within the northeastern corner of India, Assam is known as the land of red rivers and blue hills. It is bounded on the northern side by the kingdom of Bhutan and the state of Arunachal Pradesh; the east by the states of Nagaland and Manipur; to the south lies Mizoram and Tripura; and to the west by the state of Meghalaya, West Bengal and the republic of Bangladesh. [...]

   

• Learn Hindi on Your iPhone with WorldNomads Language App

  In Languages, Travel Tips / By Chris Chopp / 15 February 2011 / 1 comment

  

  iPhones have become such an important way of life for travelers, providing a lifeline to friends and family back home as well as security in knowing we can contact help locally when needed. Because my iPhone is never far from reach on the roads of India, I wanted to find a way to pack it with more useful travel related tools. A bit of searching landed me on a free [...]

   

• Language of India: The Major Languages Spoken in India

  In Languages / By Chris Chopp / 12 February 2011 / 3 comments

  

  India has an immense diversity in food, dress and religion. And no where is this diversity more apparent than the language of India. More than 100 different languages are still spoken in the Asian sub-continent, yet the Indian Constitution declares Hindi, in Devanagari script, to be the official language of India. English is widely recognized as a second “official” language of the country. It is also the authoritative, legislative, and [...]

   

• FAST TIP: Punjabi, Language of Punjab

  In Languages, Travel Tips / By Chris Chopp / 10 June 2010 / 0 comments

  

  Travelers who don’t speak Punjabi, the official language of Punjab, far in the Northwest reaches of India, fear not; Hindi is widely spoken as well as English. Known for it’s spicy foods, agriculture, manufacturing, and of course, The Golden Temple, the Punjab of today is separated two parts, East and West. In West Punjab (Pakistan), Punjabi is still the most common language spoken. Dialects vary between districts and regions. And [...]