Description: The nine essays of this volume, devoted to the broadly understood problem of the definition and usage of Hindi, tackle the issue of what «Hindi» is, and analyse its various aspects as official language, link language, language of diasporas, language of cultural and religious tradition, language used in economy and business, etc.
Review Quotes: In this collection of papers, not only is the current situation of "Hindi" comprehensively surveyed, but also its complexity elucidated in the light of the past by considering its historical vicissitudes and cultural background.
(Makoto Kitada, Orientalistischen Literaturzeitung 112/2017)