{"id":3116,"date":"2026-10-30T08:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T03:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=3116"},"modified":"2026-10-30T08:52:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T03:22:00","password":"","slug":"how-do-i-send-sms-in-hindi-or-another-indian-language","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb\/how-do-i-send-sms-in-hindi-or-another-indian-language\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I send SMS in Hindi or another Indian language?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regional-language SMS works the same way as English, with two differences: the message is sent as Unicode, and your DLT template must be registered in that language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to expect on length and cost<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A Unicode SMS holds <strong>70 characters<\/strong>, then 67 per additional part.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A typical two-line Hindi message therefore often costs two or three parts, where the English version would cost one.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mixing English and Hindi does not help: the whole message is Unicode as soon as any Hindi character appears.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Register the template on your DLT portal in the same language<\/strong> you intend to send. A Hindi message sent against an English-approved template fails as a template mismatch.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Add the template to your account<\/strong> with its DLT Template ID, under your message templates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Check the length.<\/strong> Paste the final text into <strong>Extra > SMS Length Calculator<\/strong>; the Encoding should read Unicode, and Cost tells you the parts per recipient.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Send a test to your own number first.<\/strong> Confirm the script renders correctly on an Android and an iPhone before the full campaign.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Common problems<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure><div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table table-striped table-bordered table-hover\"><thead><tr><th>Symptom<\/th><th>Cause<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Boxes or question marks instead of letters<\/td><td>The text lost its encoding somewhere between your file and the send box. Retype or paste from a UTF-8 source.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Template mismatch failure<\/td><td>The DLT template is in a different language or has different wording from what was sent.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cost higher than expected<\/td><td>Normal for Unicode. Shorten the text, or keep purely transactional parts in English where that suits your customers.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regional-language SMS works the same way as English, with two differences: the message is sent as Unicode, and your DLT template must be registered in that language. What to expect on length and cost Steps Common problems Symptom Cause Boxes or question marks instead of letters The text lost its encoding somewhere between your file [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[2363],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-3116","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-message-length-encoding"],"year_month":"2026-10","word_count":240,"total_views":"28","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"admin","author_nicename":"admin","author_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Message Length &amp; Encoding","term_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb-cat\/message-length-encoding\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/3116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/3116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=3116"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=3116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}