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The majority of India does not speak Hindi.
And even the Hindi spoken is not the Hindi that one classifies as Hindi. Maithili and Bhojpuri is no Hindi. Maithli has many Bengali words!
Maithili has been considered a "dialect" of both Hindi and Bengali but thanks to an active movement calling for official status for the language, in 2003 it was included in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution, which now allows the language to be used in education, government, and other official contexts. Maithili has a very rich literary and cultural heritage.
And even the Hindi spoken is not the Hindi that one classifies as Hindi. Maithili and Bhojpuri is no Hindi. Maithli has many Bengali words!
Maithili has been considered a "dialect" of both Hindi and Bengali but thanks to an active movement calling for official status for the language, in 2003 it was included in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution, which now allows the language to be used in education, government, and other official contexts. Maithili has a very rich literary and cultural heritage.