““Now he tackled Hindi as well as Bengali. He hired another pundit besides Ram Ram Basu. Hindi had its own script just as Thomas had said. But there were some similarities. The sounds, and therefore the number of symbols, were nearly the same. Hindi was written in what was called the ‘Nagari’ alphabet. At least this alphabet served more than one language, William learned. And they were very important languages in India. The sacred language of Sanskrit was in Nagari. So was the very important language of Marathi of central India. “With these additional languages in tow the Gospel can be delivered far and wide in India,” William said hopefully.””
