Why India city names on Google map and other maps only show English?
Go to any map sites (Google, openstreetmap etc.), you will see the India city names are only in English. For other countries however, you will see city names in either native languages or both English and native language.
Does this mean India people only use English names for their city? Even they speak Hindi?
Best Answer
Google Maps has default language settings for all countries. English is a lingua franca in India, so it's a sensible default, but you can easily change the language. For example, here's Google Maps in Hindi:
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@21.3210519,82.4442144,6z?hl=hi
Note the ?hl=hi at the end. The full list of languages is here, although many (eg. Tamil) are currently for the interface only and don't change the map tiles themselves.
(Disclaimer: I used to work on Google Maps.)
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It depends on which tool you use; Google Maps for example allows this to be set to another language. Check http://www.tutorialspoint.com/google_maps/google_maps_localization.htm for detailed instructions.
I have it set since a long time to show all names in the local country's language, and I see city names in India in Hindi and English (well I assume that other language is Hindi, I wouldn't know).
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