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Indo-Aryan language and dialect cluster of northwest and central India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Western Hindi languages, also known as Khadiboli languages, are a branch of the Indo-Aryan language family spoken chiefly in Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh and Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh, in Northwest and Central India. The Western Hindi languages evolved from Sauraseni Prakrit.[1] The most-spoken language in the Western Hindi language family is Standard Hindi (commonly referred to as just 'Hindi'), one of the official languages of the Government of India (the other being English) and one of the 22 Scheduled Languages of India.
Western Hindi | |
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Khadiboli | |
Ethnicity | Brajis, Bundelis, Haryanvis |
Geographic distribution | Braj, Bundelkhand, Haryana, Western UP |
Native speakers | approx. 272 million in India and Pakistan[citation needed] |
Linguistic classification | Indo-European
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Early form | |
Glottolog | west2812 |
Geographical distribution of Western Hindi languages |
Western Hindi languages are much more widespread and spoken than their Eastern counterpart.[citation needed] Western Hindi languages are spoken in India, Pakistan, Fiji and the Caribbean. In India, it is chiefly spoken in western Uttar Pradesh, in Bundelkhand region and Braj region in central Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana and pockets in Deccan region. In Pakistan, it is spoken by Muhajirs (Indian immigrants to Pakistan after Partition). Apart from this, Hindustani forms the lingua franca in a large region in Pakistan and North India (Hindi Belt) and the trade language in Andaman and Arunachal Pradesh. A version of Hindustani heavily influenced by Magadhi, Maithili and Bhojpuri, called Bihari Hindi is spoken in Patna and some other urban areas in Bihar. Another version influenced by Marathi, called Bombay Hindi is spoken in Mumbai and neighbouring urban regions in Maharashtra.[citation needed]
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