Awadhi language

Indo-Aryan language spoken in Northern India
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Awadhi is an Indo-Aryan language. This language was spoken in a wide area of Awadh including Lucknow and Ayoudhya (Awadh) earlier. Goswami Tulasidas wrote Ramcharitmanas, Geetavali, Kavitavali, and all his Shri Ram poems in this language.

Awadhi
अवधी avadhī
Native toIndia, Nepal, Fiji
RegionIndia: 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
70 million (2021)[1]
Standard forms
Fijian and [[Awadhi|]]
Dialects
Kaithi (official)
Official status
Official language in
Awadh, Fiji
Language codes
ISO 639-2awa
ISO 639-3awa

Hindi is a much newer language derived on Awadhi.

References

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  1. Awadhi at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)

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