| 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 cited 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
- ↑ Awadhi at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
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