I know it's the national language and the most widely spoken Indian language, but does it have a regional association?
People know, for example, that Tamil is from Tamil Nadu. Other languages Assamese, Marathi, Gujarathi, etc. have regions where they originate and are associated with. What about Hindi?
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It does have a regional association. It belongs to the so called HINDI BELT, stretching from himachal pradesh across punjab, haryana and madhya pradesh to uttar pradesh, and it is also spoken in parts of rajasthan.
alankar S
If you focus on Hindi then Unlike Tamil in Tamilnadu, Kannada in Andhra or Marathi in Maharashtra, Hindi is the far more spread and popular in India as well as in other countries.
In India different dialects of Hindi are spoken in Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand and Bihar, There are around 18 dialects in Hindi.
Apart from India Hindi is also spoken in Sri Lanka, Fiji (Hindustani), Mauritius (Hindi/Urdu), Nepal (Bhojpuri), Suriname (Sarnami),Myanmar. Also in various countries due to immigration, USA,Canada,Singapore, UK, Germany, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Norway, South Africa, Mauritius, Guyana, Malaysia and Suriname.
In Fiji it's the one of the official languages.
In India there are 41% population who speak Hindi (2001 census) and there are approx. First language: ~ 500–680 million (2008)
Second language: 120–225 million (1999) speakers of Hindi.
hamsadhvani
Though Hindi is spoken in many states of our country, the region dominating the language is Uttar Pradesh. In other states, the place of Hindi is secondary only, as far I can guess.