Awadhi

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Awadhi is an Indo-Aryan language of northern India, traditionally spoken in parts of Uttar Pradesh and surrounding regions and known for its rich literary and folk traditions.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Awadhi canonical 34
Awadhi language 2
Awadhi (regional dialect) 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
language
closelyRelatedTo Bagheli
Bhojpuri
Hindi
country India
Nepal
family Indo-European languages
glottologCode awad1243
hasDialect Fiji Hindi influence variety (diaspora)
hasEthnicGroup Awadhi people
hasFeature SOV word order
aspirated consonants
ergative alignment in perfective constructions
grammatical gender
postpositions instead of prepositions
retroflex consonants
three-way stop contrast (voiced, voiceless, aspirated)
hasLiteraryTradition medieval North Indian devotional literature
hasRegister colloquial Awadhi
literary Awadhi
influenced early Hindi literature
influencedBy Arabic loanwords via Urdu
Persian
linked to: Persian language

Sanskrit
ISO639-2Code awa
ISO639-3Code awa
languageFamilyBranch Central Zone (Hindi) of Indo-Aryan
notableAuthorInLanguage Tulsidas
notableWorkInLanguage Ramcharitmanas
region Awadh region
linked to: Oudh

Northern India
linked to: northern India

Terai region of Nepal
linked to: Terai

Uttar Pradesh
spokenIn Ayodhya region
Faizabad division
Lucknow region
linked to: Lucknow district

parts of Bihar
parts of Madhya Pradesh
parts of Nepal
parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh
subbranch Indo-Aryan languages
subclassOf Eastern Hindi language
subfamily Indo-Iranian languages
usedFor devotional poetry
drama
folk songs
folk tales
oral epics
writingSystem Devanagari script

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Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lucknow language Awadhi
Mirzapur localLanguage Awadhi
Bhojpuri closelyRelatedTo Awadhi
Fiji Hindi developedFrom Awadhi
Ramleela language Awadhi
Oude language Awadhi
Faizabad hasLanguage Awadhi
Pandey hasLanguage Awadhi
Ramcharitmanas language Awadhi
Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency) languageMajority Awadhi
subject linked to: Amethi
Bundeli closelyRelatedTo Awadhi
Bagheli closelyRelatedTo Awadhi
Hanuman Chalisa language Awadhi
Ahir community language Awadhi (regional)
linked to: Awadhi
Mirzapur district language Awadhi
Kaithi script usedForLanguage Awadhi language
linked to: Awadhi
Malka Kishwar culture Awadhi
Kannauj regionalLanguage Awadhi
Farrukhabad localLanguage Awadhi
Tulsipur hasLanguage Awadhi
Kohalpur languageSpoken Awadhi
Awadhi people primaryLanguage Awadhi language
linked to: Awadhi
Bithoor language Awadhi (regional dialect)
linked to: Awadhi
Eastern Uttar Pradesh hasLanguage Awadhi
subject linked to: eastern Uttar Pradesh