Hindi is the official language of India. It is widely spoken in India and some of its neighbouring regions in the sub-continent. It is understood and used for communication by people from Bangladesh, Nepal , Sri Lanka and also Pakistan whose official language Urdu is very similar in spoken form to Hindi . The popularity of Hindi is primarily due to its huge population of Expats that are spread all over the world and the high popularity of Hindi movies. Bollywood – the Hindi cinema industry is extremely popular and widespread.