Affinity Bloc: South Asian Peoples

Overview: Hindi is an official language of India, spoken by an estimated 180,000,000 people. Colloquial Hindi is mutually intelligible with Urdu, yet due to religious nationalism and communal tensions, speakers of both Hindi and Urdu frequently assert that they are distinct languages. Speakers of Hindi typically practice Hinduism . The Hindi people cluster encompasses numerous castes, tribes and religious communities mainly within India.

Peoples within this cluster: Agasa; Badhai (Chhattisgarhi); Badiphul; Bairagi (Chhattisgarhi); Bairagi (Hindi); Balmiki (Hindi); Bania, Agarwal, Awadhi; Bania, Agarwal, Haryanvi; Bania, Awadhi; Bania, Bundelkhandhi; Bania, Chhattisgarhi; Bania, Hanayavi; Barae; Baraik; Bargah; Beldar (Baghelkhandi); Belwar; Berar; Beria, Hindu; Bharia Bhumia (Chhattisgarhi); Bhat, Haryanvi; Binjhwar; Brahman, Awadhi; Brahman, Baghelkhandi; Brahman, Bundelkhandi; Brahman, Garhwali; Caribbean East Indian; Chamai Chamela; Chamar, Awadhi; Chamar, Baghelkhandi; Chamar, Bundelkhandi; Chamar, Chhattisgarhi; Chamar, Haryanvi; Chamar, Mochi; Chheepi; Dalera; Dharkar, Awadhi; Dhobi, Awadhi; East Indian; Fijian Hindi; Gachha; Gadaria, Awadhi; Gadaria, Chhattisgarhi; Gadhia; Gangota; Gavli; Gharami; Gond (Chhattisgarhi); Great Andamanese; Gujjar, Awadhi; Gujjar, Awadhi, Muslim; Gujjar, Hindi; Hijda; Hindi; Indo-Mauritian, Hindi; Jadam; Juneja; Kalal, Hindi; Kharkata; Kohli; Kurmi, Awadhi; Kurmi, Baghelkhandi; Lodha (Awadhi); Lohar, Chhattisgarhi; Mahratta, Hindi; Mali, Awadhi; Mali, Chhattisgarhi; Mehtar; Meo, Muslim; Murhid; Patel, Chhattisgarhi; Patel, Hindi; Patharkat; Pinjara, Hindi; Rajput, Andamandi; Rajput, Awadhi; Rajput, Bundelkhandi; Rajput, Chhattisgarhi; Rajput, Haryanvi; Rastogi; Raut; Rujjhar; Satnami; Teli, Awadhi; Teli, Chhattisgarhi; Teli, Haryanvi; Thathera, Haryanvi; Tongewalle; Yadava, Awadhi; Yadava, Baghelkhandi; Yadava, Bundelkhandi; Yadava, Chhattisgarhi

Countries where they are found: Argentina; Barbados; Belize; Bhutan; Brazil; Canada; Chile; Fiji; France; French Guiana; Germany; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Guyana; India; Jamaica; Malaysia; Mauritius; Myanmar; Nepal; Oman; Panama; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Singapore; South Africa; South Korea; Trinidad and Tobago; United Kingdom; United States; Venezuela