Awadhi is an Indian language, often considered a dialect of Hindi, spoken in the Awadh (Oudh) region of Uttar Pradesh. Its speakers are also found in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Nepal. Hindi (हिनà¥à¤¦à¥€) is a language spoken mainly in North and Central India. ... Awadh (also known to the British as Oudh) is a region in the center of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. ... Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: उतà¥à¤¤à¤° पà¥à¤°à¤¦à¥‡à¤¶, Urdu: اتر پردیش), also popularly known by its acronym UP, is the fifth largest and the most populous state in India. ... Bihar (बिहार in Devanagri) is a state situated in the eastern part of India. ... Madhya Pradesh (मधà¥à¤¯ पà¥à¤°à¤¦à¥‡à¤¶) is a state in central India. ... This article deals with the city of Delhi. ...
Indian Languages, the several hundred indigenous languages spoken on the Indian subcontinent, the vast majority of which belong either to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family or to the non-Indo-European Dravidian family.
In Pakistan, the official language is English, though Urdu and Sindhi are national languages; the official language of Bangladesh is Bangla.
Other significant Indic languages include Sinhala, the official language of Sri Lanka; and the many Romani languages, the languages of the Roma (Gypsies) that originated in India and were spread throughout the world.
In the Himalayan foothills of Himachal Pradesh are Grierson's Pahari languages.
The earliest attestations of the group are in Vedic Sanskrit, the language used in the ancient preserved texts of India, the foundational canon of Hinduism known as the Vedas.
However, although this preserved the integrity of written language for a long time, the spoken language continues to evolve, and by the sixth century, Sanskrit as a spoken language was rare, being by and large replaced by its descendants, the Prakrits.
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