Hindiphone

UK/hɪnˈðiˌfəʊn/US/ˈhɪndiˌfoʊn/

Hindiphone adjective: hindi-speaking.

Adjective

Hindiphone (not comparable)

(uncommon) Hindi-speaking.
- Of course the average publisher finds it far more practical and profitable to print masses of kunjis (guides) than to publish quality books. The combination of the publishers’ concern with quick returns and the indifference of scholars has meant that, more than forty years after Hindi was...1990 March 31, Narayani Gupta, “History for the Subalterns”, in Economic and Political Weekly, volume XXV, Bombay: Sameeksha Trust, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 663, column 1
- But before Partition and up to the ’60s, Urdu was not the exclusive language of the Muslims of India but was used by a sizeable Hindiphone population, as well as speakers of Gujarati, Punjabi and Bengali, thus including other religions and Hindus, Sikhs and even Parsis (whose theatre is often in...2000, Yves Thoraval, “The Cultural Symbiosis Wrought by ‘Hindustani’”, in The Cinemas of India, Delhi: Macmillan India, published 2007, →ISBN, page 70

Hindiphone (plural Hindiphones)

(uncommon) One who speaks Hindi.
- In the field of scientific terminology principles have been defined by the “Board of Scientific and Technical Terminology” (1950). (1) Scientific and technical international terms should be retained in English when they denote specific objects and are used in at least three main European languages....1996, Nicholas Balbir, “The Modernization of Hindi”, in Shivendra K[ishore] Verma, Dilip Singh, editors, Perspectives on Language in Society (Papers in Memory of Prof. Srivastava), volume I, Delhi...
- Various dialects of Hindi are found in some northern states, such as Punjabi, Gujurati, Rajasthani, Brij, etc. Of these, the only dialect *I* (as a Hindiphone :)) can understand is Punjabi (and I'm not Punjabi, my roots come from the Brij-speaking region of northern India).1996 July 11, Neil, “The party for a bi-lingual Quebec”, in soc.culture.quebec (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Jun 2026

Hindi-speaking: हिंदीभाषी hindībhāṣī, हिन्दीभाषी hindībhāṣī, हिंदीवाला hindīvālā, हिंदीवाली hindīvālī
one who speaks Hindi: हिंदीभाषी hindībhāṣī, हिन्दीभाषी hindībhāṣī, हिंदीवाला hindīvālā, हिंदीवाली hindīvālī

plural	Hindiphones

From Hindi + -phone or French hindiphone.

What does Hindiphone mean?: Hindiphone means hindi-speaking.
What is Hindiphone in Hindi?: Hindiphone in Hindi is हिंदीभाषी (hindībhāṣī), हिन्दीभाषी (hindībhāṣī), हिंदीवाला (hindīvālā). See Hindiphone meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Hindiphone?: Hindiphone can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce Hindiphone?: Hindiphone is pronounced /hɪnˈðiˌfəʊn/ (UK).

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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