Eastern Hindi languages

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The Eastern Hindi languages are a subgroup of the Indo-Aryan language family spoken primarily in northern India and neighboring regions, encompassing varieties such as Awadhi, Bagheli, and Chhattisgarhi.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan languages subgroup
language subgroup
closelyRelatedTo Bihari languages
Western Hindi languages
linked to: Western Hindi
geographicDistribution Gangetic plain
linked to: Indo-Gangetic Plain

central Indian plateau
eastern Hindi belt
hasMajorLanguage Awadhi
Bagheli
Chhattisgarhi
hasMember Awadhi
Awadhi of Ayodhya region
Bagheli
Chhattisgarhi
Fiji Hindi
Khaltahi
Laria
Rewa Bagheli
Sadan
Surgujia
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive aspiration
retroflex consonants
historicallyDerivedFrom Shauraseni Prakrit
historicallyInfluencedBy Magadhi Prakrit
languageFamily Indo-Aryan
Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
lexicalSimilarityWith Bhojpuri
Standard Hindi
linked to: Hindi
partOf Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages
sharesFeatureWith Standard Hindi
linked to: Hindi
spokenIn Bihar
Chhattisgarh
India
Uttar Pradesh
central India
eastern Madhya Pradesh
neighboring regions of India
northern India
subclassOf Central Indo-Aryan languages
typologicalFeature SOV word order
postpositional syntax
split ergativity based on aspect
usedFor folk songs and oral traditions
oral communication
regional literature
usesScript Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script

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Fiji Hindi subgroupOf Eastern Hindi languages
Sarnami Hindustani subfamilyOf Eastern Hindi–Bhojpuri continuum
linked to: Eastern Hindi languages
Chhattisgarhi subfamily Eastern Hindi
linked to: Eastern Hindi languages
Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages hasSubgroup Eastern Hindi
linked to: Eastern Hindi languages
Bihari languages closelyRelatedTo Eastern Hindi
linked to: Eastern Hindi languages
Khaltahi hasLinguisticAncestor Eastern Hindi
linked to: Eastern Hindi languages