Haflong Hindi

 ( Dima Hasao District ) 

Haflong Hindi () is the lingua franca of Dima Hasao district of Assam state of India.Col Ved Prakash, "Encyclopaedia of North-east India, Vol# 2", Atlantic Publishers Distributors;Pg 575, It is a pidgin that stemmed from Hindi and includes vocabulary from several other languages, such as Assamese, Dimasa language and Zeme language Naga. It is named after Haflong, which is the headquarters of Dima Hasao district.

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Example phrases The dialect is largely intelligible to Hindi speakers, and features simplified grammar with loanword infusions.

hum tumko modot korne nahi sekega	I (hum) you (tumko) help (modot) can't (nahi sekega)	'I can't help you.'
tumra kuttaa se humko kamraayaa	Your (tumra) dog (kuttaa) me (humko) bit (kamraayaa)	'Your dog bit me.'
tum kaha jaigah	Where (kaha) you (tum) go (jaigah)	'Where will you go?'

In contrast to printed forms of Hindi, the Haflong variety lacks person and number agreement in the verb and ergative case marking of the subject when transitive clauses are in a preterite or perfect tense.

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