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Originally Posted by The Colonel
Nitpicky, but do you mean Hindi? Technically a Ghurka would be more likely to speak Nepali as a native language ... or possibly Urdu (which I'm told is mutually intelligible with Hindi but there are social nuances that I'm not well informed enough to understand between the two). I'm guessing the Rajah and his family would speak Hindi though.
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Yeah I meant Hindi and you are right, Nepali makes more sense. Will fix.
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Originally Posted by The Colonel
Literacy might be an interesting point - I wouldn't be at all surprised to find a Ghurka of that era illiterate in Nepali and only able to read and write in Urdu or English (based on where he had received formal education - the Army of India was apparently still employing scribes for its men well into the C20, a courtesy not extended to illiterate British soldiers). Of course, if it doesn't suit the campaign literacy is often handwaved.
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I'm handwaving it for that reason.