Awadhi language

Awadhi ( Devanagari: अवधी ) is an Indo-Aryan language, part of the Hindi -Urdu dialect continuum in North India. It is spoken mainly in the Awadh ( Oudh ) region of the state of Uttar Pradesh, although its speakers in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, the capital Delhi and the south of Nepal live. In addition, the Fiji Hindi dialect of the ethnic Indian Fijians is considered a variant of Awadhi, although he also still has influences of Bhojpuri. Awadhi in slightly altered form ( influenced by Brij Bhasha, Bundeli and Bagheli ) is also spoken in the Vatsa located further south region, which among others includes the cities of Kanpur and Allahabad. It is also spoken in most Caribbean countries, where many people of Uttar Pradesh have been spent by the government of British India as laborers. According to the Indian census of 2001, it has 38.3 million native speakers, and is thus on position 29 of the most spoken languages ​​in the world. An official status has Awadhi but not; so it is not one of the official languages ​​of India and is usually understood as a dialect of Hindi.

Awadhi is also known by the alternative name Abadhi, Abadi, Abohi, Ambodhi, Avadhi, Baiswari, Kojali and Kosali.