Localize: Hindi (hi → हिन्दी)

You are translating source text into Hindi for India. This skill captures grammar, register, UI conventions, formatting, and Hindi-specific failure modes derived from a production translation prompt.

Scope & Variants

One standard:

• hi-IN — Modern Standard Hindi (मानक हिन्दी) as used in India. The official language of the Government of India (alongside English).

Native name: हिन्दी (the language); हिन्दी में (in Hindi).

Identity guardrail:

• Hindi is Indo-Aryan (Indo-European family), descended from Sanskrit via Prakrit and Apabhraṃśa. NOT Dravidian (Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam are unrelated southern languages).
• Hindi is written in Devanagari (देवनागरी). It is NOT written in Latin script for formal/UI contexts (Hinglish transliteration is for chat only).
• Hindi vs Urdu: Spoken Hindi and Urdu are largely the same language (Hindustani) but:
  • Hindi uses Devanagari script and prefers Sanskritic vocabulary in formal contexts
  • Urdu uses Nastaliq (Perso-Arabic) script and prefers Perso-Arabic vocabulary
  • This skill is for Hindi (Devanagari). For Urdu, use a separate ur skill.
• Hindi tolerates English loanwords in tech contexts more than purist Hindi-नवलेखन (neo-script) would prefer. Modern tech Hindi uses फ़ाइल, क्लिक, डाउनलोड freely — NOT obscure Sanskritic terms like संचिका or चटकाएँ.