Hindi: F–10 Sequence / Levels 5 and 6 / Understanding / Language variation and change
Content description
Recognise that Hindi has evolved and developed through different periods of influence by other languages and cultures
Elaborations
understanding key influences and stages of development of Hindi over time and through different cultural influences
exploring the relationship between Hindi and English across different historical and cultural contexts up to today
identifying changes to contemporary forms of Hindi due to the influence of globalisation, technology and intercultural relationships
identifying Hindi words derived from other languages, such as चश्मा, borrowed from Persian, क्षेत्र directly from Sanskrit versus खेत from Hindi via Pali/Prakrit
recognising the influence of Sanskrit on Hindi and other languages, for example, by identifying Sanskrit words adopted and adapted in different ways in different languages
identifying influences from other languages in their own/their family’s use of Hindi, for example, the use of terms associated with social media, popular culture and technology स्क्रीन, माउस
understanding that all languages change in response to changing circumstances, for example, the addition of new terms for new inventions or experiences, word-borrowing from other languages or, as in the case of Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages, the reversal of language loss through revival and retrieval programs
