Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages

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The Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages is a major subgroup of the Indo-Aryan language family that includes key North Indian dialects and languages such as those underlying modern Standard Hindi and Urdu.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Indo-Aryan languages
language subgroup
alsoKnownAs Central Indo-Aryan languages
Madhya zone
containsKoiné Hindustani language
dominantWordOrder SOV
geographicDistribution Caribbean region
linked to: Caribbean

Central India
Fiji
Guyana
linked to: British Guiana

Mauritius
Northern India
linked to: northern India

Pakistan
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
hasMember Awadhi
Bagheli
Braj Bhasha
Bundeli
Caribbean Hindustani
linked to: Sarnami Hindustani

Chhattisgarhi
Dakhini
linked to: Dakhni

Fiji Hindi
Haryanvi
Hindustani language
Hyderabadi Urdu
linked to: Urdu language

Kanauji
linked to: Kannauj

Khariboli dialect
linked to: Khari Boli

Sarnami Hindustani
Standard Hindi
linked to: Hindi

Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
hasSubgroup Eastern Hindi
Western Hindi
historicalDevelopmentFrom Shauraseni Prakrit
historicalStage New Indo-Aryan
includesStandardLanguageOf India
Pakistan
influencedBy Arabic language
linked to: Arabic

Persian language
Sanskrit
partOf Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages
primaryScript Devanagari
Perso-Arabic script
typologicalFeature agreement with gender and number
gendered nouns
postpositions
rich case marking via postpositions
split ergativity

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Khari Boli partOf Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages
Sarnami Hindustani subfamilyOf Central Indo-Aryan languages
linked to: Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages
Braj Bhasha languageFamily Central Zone Indo-Aryan languages
linked to: Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages
Hindustani language subclassOf Central Zone Indo-Aryan languages
linked to: Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages