Awadhi language
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Awadhi | |
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अवधी avadhī | |
Native to | India, Nepal, Fiji (as Fiji Hindi) |
Region | India: Awadh and Lower Doab regions of Uttar Pradesh, as well as Madhya Pradesh and Delhi Nepal: Lumbini Zone, Kapilbastu District; Bheri Zone, Banke District, Bardiya District and most part of the Uttar Pradesh |
Native speakers | 38 million (2001)[1] |
Dialects |
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Devanagari, Kaithi | |
Official status | |
Official language in | No official status |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | awa |
ISO 639-3 | awa |
Awadhi is an Indo-Aryan language. This language was spoken in a wide area including Lucknow and Ayoudhya (Awadh) earlier. Goswami Tulasidas wrote Ramcharitmanas, Geetavali, Kavitavali, and all his Shri Ram poems in this language.
Hindi is a much newer language mostly based on Awadhi and Braj Bhasha.
References[edit]
- ↑ Awadhi at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
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