Top 10 most frequent Hindi words

है, में, और, कर, तो, के, से, की, नहीं, को, हो, का, न, ने, भी, था, पर, वह, हैं, थी |

These 20 words form 33% of the total Hindi language.

So, one-third of what you hear in Delhi are just these words. Apart from the usual mc, bc, dkbose.

Those were the words, but what are the most uttered syllables ?

The syllables tell a very different story. There the sound “ra” takes an overwhelming lead followed by a much less frequent “ka”.

The syllable “ra” accounts for around 6% of the total language of Hindi.

And that does not even include other syllables like “re”, “ro”, “raa” etc.

Frequency of Syllables

The Sanskrit Syllable Graph -Rig Veda

This is in stark contrast with Vedic Sanskrit, where the syllable “va” was the most frequent.

Since, I have no love lost for Ahmedabad. I could not help but do a little analysis with Gujarati. [generating the database was a real pain].

And the answer is Chhe. :-)