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| Awadhi अवधी avadhī |
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| Spoken in: | India, Nepal, Mauritius | |||
| Region: | India, Awadh and Lower Doab region of Uttar Pradesh | |||
| Total speakers: | 20 million | |||
| Ranking: | 40 | |||
| Language family: | Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Central zone Eastern Hindi Awadhi |
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| Writing system: | Devanagari, Kaithi | |||
| Official status | ||||
| Official language in: | No official status | |||
| Regulated by: | No official regulation | |||
| Language codes | ||||
| ISO 639-1: | Hindi | |||
| ISO 639-2: | awa | |||
| ISO 639-3: | awa | |||
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Awadhi(Devanagari: अवधी) is an Indo-Aryan language. It is spoken chiefly in the Awadh (Oudh) region of Uttar Pradesh, although its speakers are also found in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Nepal. Awadhi in slightly different forms (influenced by Brij Bhasha or Bundeli) is also spoken in the vatsa country (lower Doab) south of Awadh region which includes Kanpur and Allahabad.
Although today it is only considered a dialect of Hindi, before the standardization of Hindi, it was the second most important literary dialect of Hindustani (the first was Braj-Bhasha).Important works in Awadhi are the Raamcharitmaanas of Tulsidaas, the Padmawat of Malik Mohammad Jaisi.
Awadhi originated from Eastern Hindi and Brij Bhasa from Western Hindi. If Khadi boli is the father of modern Hindi, Awadhi can be called its mother. Because Hindi, or rather 'Hindvi' as it was first known, originated in the Lucknow region by people who migrated from the area around Delhi (this included people like Amir Khusrau, who some claim to be the founder of modern 'Hindi'). Awadhi has had an important influence in the development of Hindi.
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Awadhi is mainly spoken in the major part of Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh, the adjoining Terai area of Nepal and the lower stretch of the Ganga-Yamuna Doab.
In Awadh, it is spoken in the following districts almost entirely:
while it is spoken in these districts partially:
In the Doab, Awadhi is spoken with influences from Kannauji and Bundeli (Kanpur Urban excluding the westernmost areas of the district which speak entirely in Kannauji), Bundeli (Fatehpur and Kaushambi districts, and Allahabad city, which lies West of the Sangam). Part of Allahabad district north of Ganga speaks Awadhi with the influence of neighbouring Bhojpuri.
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