<p>I would dispute your claim that:</p>

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  <p>... no one in Japan understands Hindi</p>
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<p>According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indians_in_Japan" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wikipedia</a>, the population of Indians living in Japan as of 2017 is <strong>30,048</strong>. Given that Hindi is one of the official languages of India, I would imagine that a good portion of them speak it.</p>

<p>This is quite a small chunk of the population (the population of Japan is 127,084,082 <a href="http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/japan-population/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">as of 2018</a>, making 0.024% of the Japanese population Indian migrants), but it is still not an insignificant amount.</p>

<p>I'm from Canada, and I see signs in other languages all the time around my city. There are often small pockets of people from other countries living in communities, and as a result, there is bound to be some signage catered to them. </p>

<p>The animators may have added this for any number of reasons - perhaps as a nod to Indian fans watching the show, or simply for some interesting background imagery. </p>

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2018-11-02T15:20:09.713Z
I see. Well, obviously by "no one" I meant no significant population. It's something just not expected. :P Thanks!
diffusiondiver11
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@シャシュワト Fair enough. I hope my answer was helpful!
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<p>I was curious as to why the animators would use a language other than Japanese and English, given the fact that no one in Japan understands Nepali. This is from season 2 episode 15. The Nepali in the poster means &quot;cat&quot;. Does anyone have any idea why is it here?</p>
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I just want to point out though that Nepali and Hindi are different languages
GK A
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2018-11-03T09:31:12.587Z
Yes I know. Hindi is one of my native languages but anyway these two are not so far apart languages they both are almost mutually intelligible to their respective natives.
diffusiondiver11
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Given that this question has received at least two "answers" that only say "that's Nepali, not Hindi", without actually trying to answer the question, *and* given that the question already acknowledges that the poster is actually in Nepali, I've submitted an edit to remove any reference to Hindi.
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Why is there a Nepali poster in Boku no Hero Academia?
# Why is there a Nepali poster in Boku no Hero Academia?
Posted by: username_0 on 2018-11-02
I was curious as to why the animators would use a language other than Japanese and English, given the fact that no one in Japan understands Nepali. This is from season 2 episode 15. The Nepali in the poster means "cat". Does anyone have any idea why is it here?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I just want to point out though that Nepali and Hindi are different languages  
> **username_0**: Yes I know. Hindi is one of my native languages but anyway these two are not so far apart languages they both are almost mutually intelligible to their respective natives.  
> **username_2**: Given that this question has received at least two "answers" that only say "that's Nepali, not Hindi", without actually trying to answer the question, *and* given that the question already acknowledges that the poster is actually in Nepali, I've submitted an edit to remove any reference to Hindi.  
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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-11-02. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
I would dispute your claim that:

> ... no one in Japan understands Hindi

According to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indians_in_Japan), the population of Indians living in Japan as of 2017 is **30,048**. Given that Hindi is one of the official languages of India, I would imagine that a good portion of them speak it.

This is quite a small chunk of the population (the population of Japan is 127,084,082 [as of 2018](http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/japan-population/), making 0.024% of the Japanese population Indian migrants), but it is still not an insignificant amount.

I'm from Canada, and I see signs in other languages all the time around my city. There are often small pockets of people from other countries living in communities, and as a result, there is bound to be some signage catered to them.

The animators may have added this for any number of reasons - perhaps as a nod to Indian fans watching the show, or simply for some interesting background imagery.
> **Comments:**
> **username_0** (2018-11-02): I see. Well, obviously by "no one" I meant no significant population. It's something just not expected. :P Thanks!  
> **username_3** (2018-11-02): @シャシュワト Fair enough. I hope my answer was helpful!  
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