10 Facts About Awadhi language

However, it is regarded by the state to be a dialect of the Central Indo-Aryan languages, and the area where Awadhi is spoken to be a part of the Hindi-language area owing to their cultural proximity.

Alternative names of Awadhi language include Baiswari, as well as the sometimes ambiguous Purbi, literally meaning "eastern", and Kosali.

Awadhi language is predominantly spoken in the Awadh region encompassing central Uttar Pradesh, along with the lower part of the Ganga-Yamuna doab.

Language influenced by Awadhi is spoken as a lingua franca for Indians in Fiji and is referred to as Fijian Hindi.

Awadhi is an Indo-European language and belongs to the Indo-Aryan sub-group of the Indo-Iranian language family.

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Closest relative of Awadhi is the Bagheli language as genealogically both descend from the same 'Half-Magadhi'.

Awadhi language has many features that separate it from the neighbouring Western Hindi and Bihari vernaculars.

The gender is rigorously maintained in Western Hindi, Awadhi language is a little loose yet largely preserved, while Bihari is highly attenuated.

Awadhi appeared as a major component in the works of Bhakti saints like Kabir, who used a language often described as being a pancmel khicri or "a hotch-potch" of several vernaculars.

Awadhi language is spoken by the residents of Ayodhya and other minor characters in Ramanand Sagar's 1987 television series Ramayan.