Awadhi language

Awadhi
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)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Central (Hindi) Eastern Hindi Awadhi
Dialects	Fiji Hindi Gangapari Mirzapuri Pardesi Uttari Tharu Degauri Tharu Pratapgarhi
Writing system	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.