Awadhi
Awadhi ( Devanagari : अवधी) is an Indo-Aryan language , part of Hindi - Urdu - dialect continuum in northern India . It is spoken mainly in the Avadh ( Oudh ) region of the state of Uttar Pradesh , although its speakers are also at home in Bihar , Madhya Pradesh , the capital Delhi and southern Nepal . In addition, the Fijian-Hindi dialect of the Fijians of Indian descent is regarded as a variant of Awadhi, although it also has influences of Bhojpuri . Awadhi in a slightly different form (influenced by Brij Bhasha , Bundeli and Bagheli ) is also spoken in the Vatsa region a little further south, which includes the cities of Kanpur and Prayagraj . It is also spoken in most of the Caribbean , where many Uttar Pradesh residents have been labored by the British Indian government . According to the Indian census of 2001, it has 38.3 million native speakers, making it the 29th most spoken language in the world. Awadhi does not have an official status; it is not one of the official languages of India and is mostly understood as a dialect of Hindi.
Awadhi is also known by the alternative names Abadhi , Abadi , Abohi , Ambodhi , Avadhi , Baiswari , Kojali, and Kosali .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Detailed language map of western Nepal at Ethnologue, see incoherent enclaves of language # 2 in the southwest
- ↑ Ethnologue: Awadhi . Retrieved November 24, 2010.
