Bombay Hindi

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/bombay-hindi

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the location?Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2. What is the primary linguistic substratum?Marathi-Konkani
3. Why do people in Mumbai use Bombay Hindi?Because many people from different places live in Mumbai, they use this informal style to talk to each other easily.
4. What does the name "Bambaiya" mean?"Bambaiya" is another name for Bombay Hindi, used by people in Mumbai to describe their local way of speaking.

Vernacular: The native language or dialect of a specific population, often informal.
Linguistic Substratum: The influence of a language on a later language spoken in the same territory.
Code-switching: Alternating between two or more languages or dialects in conversation.
Lexicon: The vocabulary of a language or a person.