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Caribbean Hindustani

Okay, so imagine you live in a big, colorful place called the Caribbean. There are many different kinds of people who live there, and they all have their own languages, traditions, and ways of living. One group of people who live there are called the Hindustanis.

Now, the Hindustanis didn't originally come from the Caribbean. A long time ago, they lived in a big country called India, which is very far away. But one day, some of them decided to leave India and explore other parts of the world. They got on big ships and sailed across the ocean until they reached the Caribbean.

When the Hindustanis got to the Caribbean, they brought lots of things with them. They brought their food, their music, their clothes, and their language. This language is called Hindi, and it's still spoken by many Hindustanis in the Caribbean today.

But over time, the Hindustanis in the Caribbean started to develop their own special way of speaking Hindi. They mixed Hindi with other languages that people spoke in the Caribbean, like English and Spanish. They also made up new words and phrases that only they would understand.

This special way of speaking Hindi is called Caribbean Hindustani. It's a little bit like a secret code that only the Hindustanis in the Caribbean can understand. They use it to talk to each other and to stay connected to their culture and traditions from India.

So, that's a little bit about Caribbean Hindustani. It's a special language spoken by a group of people who came from India and now live in the Caribbean. They developed their own unique way of speaking Hindi, and it's a way for them to stay connected to their roots while also making a new home in the Caribbean.