The effort could pave the way for other American universities to follow suit. Representatives of the university said the Hindi classes tend to recognize Hindi as an important player in the evolving global economy. Cameron University highlighted the importance and usefulness of the language in communications across global business and finance. But each of this three is uniquely distinguished by the way their scripts or writing is done. Urdu texts are usually carried out via the Urdu alphabet which is based on the Perso-Arabic script. Hindi texts are written using the Devanagari script which traces its roots from the Brahmi script of Ancient India. Every year, millions of tourists from all over the world visit India. The ability to speak and understand Hindi expands the opportunity to enjoy Indian culture and its people. And since the world is now starting to appreciate Hindi films, learning the language is not such a bad idea. It will also be a good introduction to be acquainted with Hindi literature and songs and music. These films are very popular not only in India but in many parts of India and the world by people who do not even speak Hindi or Urdu. Learning tips It had been known that when studying a new language, everything in that language seemed more complicated than your own native language. Later, students would find that once the lessons start to come, and seeing words forming into sentences, the new language does not seem so intimidating after all. Lack of resources The world s major publishers of language tutorial programs (Assimil, Pimsleur, Linguaphone) have managed to produce only the first level of Hindi language programs. So far, there are only few universities in the U.S. offering Hindi language classes. Some people feel this is caused by a lack of either resources or interest from the point of view of economic benefit. Periods are sometimes used, although the traditional full stop (a vertical line) is also currently used. Media Films and songs in Hindi are very popular in general, even in places as Punjab and Gujarat where Hindi is not spoken as a native language. Before the proliferation of satellite TV, broadcasts in Hindi dominated both TV and radio airtimes.