Aside from many language study centers and programs that offer teaching of Hindi as a foreign language in some states, here are three more evidences that indicate how Hindi currently is regarded as highly important by the Americans. The 8th World Hindi Conference Every year, proponents and supporters of the spread of Hindi meet to identify and deliberate important issues that relate to growth and presence of the Indian language across the world. Regularly visit and read various Hindi websites. The Internet is flooding with so many online sites that are written in Hindi. You may use such sites to know, learn, and understand the language. Listen to, and appreciate, Hindi songs or music. You could easily memorize several catchy lines. Take note of correct pronunciation. Although there are some differences in the writing method and vocabulary, the Hindi grammar is pretty much similar with Urdu. Hindi punctuations on the other hand can be attributed to the western style. Commas, question marks, and exclamation points are part of the trade. At times periods are utilized to signify the end of the sentence but the traditional full stop in the form of a vertical line is usually used. In the Southern region of India particularly in the Deccan areas, Dakkhini or Hindavi was very prominent. It started to be embraced by the constituents of the said region during the rule of the Delhi Sultanate up to the governance of the Nizams of Hyderabad. The Persian script was primarily utilized to come up with these works of art. Some pundits feel that the lack of interest in Hindi is not much on the economic factor but leans more onto the cultural aspect as well. Current attitude also plays a good part in this apathy for Hindi. There had been anecdotes of Indian fathers discouraging their children to focus on Hindi as a language to learn. Vowels are written with diacritics called matras but with the exception of inherent a. There are full-letter forms for vowels that are written as an independent syllable. A final consonant is being marked with the diacritic called virama in Sanskrit, Halanta in Hindi, and a killer stroke in English for the purpose of cancelling out the inherent vowel.