Central Indo-Aryan languages

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Central Indo-Aryan languages are a subgroup of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family, primarily spoken in northern and central India and including major languages such as Hindi and Urdu.

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instanceOf Indo-Aryan language group
language subgroup
alsoKnownAs Central Zone Indo-Aryan languages
Madhya Indo-Aryan languages
ancestor Sanskrit
Shauraseni Prakrit
arealFeature aspirated stops
complex verb morphology
grammatical gender
postpositions
retroflex consonants
containsDialectContinuum Hindustani dialect continuum
developedFrom Middle Indo-Aryan languages
linked to: Middle Indo-Aryan
geographicDistribution Indo-Gangetic Plain
central India
northern India
includesStandardVariety Standard Hindi
linked to: Hindi

Standard Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
influencedBy Arabic language
linked to: Arabic

Dravidian languages
English language
Persian language
Turkic languages
ISOClassification Indo-Aryan Central zone
linguisticFeature agreement with subject or object depending on aspect
extensive use of compound verbs
noun postpositions instead of prepositions
majorLanguage Awadhi
Bagheli
Braj
Bundeli
Caribbean Hindustani
linked to: Sarnami Hindustani

Chhattisgarhi
Fiji Hindi
Hindi
Hindustani
linked to: Hindustani language

Kanauji
linked to: Kannauj

Khariboli
linked to: Khari Boli

Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
partOf Indo-Aryan branch
Indo-European language family
subclassOf Indo-Aryan languages
typology SOV word order
fusional morphology
split ergativity
usedAs lingua franca in northern India
writingSystem Devanagari script
Kaithi script
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

Perso-Arabic script

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Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages relatedTo Central Indo-Aryan languages
Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages alsoKnownAs Central Indo-Aryan languages
Eastern Hindi languages subclassOf Central Indo-Aryan languages
Southern Indo-Aryan languages relatedTo Central Indo-Aryan languages
Kawardha belongsTo Central Indo-Aryan languages
Central Indo-Aryan languages alsoKnownAs Madhya Indo-Aryan languages
linked to: Central Indo-Aryan languages
Central Indo-Aryan languages alsoKnownAs Central Zone Indo-Aryan languages
linked to: Central Indo-Aryan languages