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.

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All labels observed (4)

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

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
language
closelyRelatedTo Bagheli
Bhojpuri
Hindi
country India
Nepal
family Indo-European language family
surface form: 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 language
surface form: Persian

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

northern India
surface form: Northern India

Terai
surface form: Terai region of Nepal

Uttar Pradesh
spokenIn Ayodhya region
Faizabad division
Lucknow district
surface form: Lucknow region

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

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 languageMajority Awadhi
subject surface form: Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)
Bundeli closelyRelatedTo Awadhi
Bagheli closelyRelatedTo Awadhi
Hanuman Chalisa language Awadhi
Ahir community language Awadhi
this entity surface form: Awadhi (regional)
Mirzapur district language Awadhi
Kaithi script usedForLanguage Awadhi
this entity surface form: Awadhi language
Malka Kishwar culture Awadhi
Kannauj regionalLanguage Awadhi
Farrukhabad localLanguage Awadhi
Tulsipur hasLanguage Awadhi
Kohalpur languageSpoken Awadhi
Awadhi people primaryLanguage Awadhi
this entity surface form: Awadhi language
Bithoor language Awadhi
this entity surface form: Awadhi (regional dialect)
eastern Uttar Pradesh hasLanguage Awadhi
subject surface form: Eastern Uttar Pradesh