Awadhi
E119962
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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Awadhi canonical | 34 |
| Awadhi language | 2 |
| Awadhi (regional dialect) | 1 |
| Awadhi (regional) | 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.
subject surface form:
Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)
this entity surface form:
Awadhi (regional)
this entity surface form:
Awadhi language
this entity surface form:
Awadhi language
subject surface form:
Eastern Uttar Pradesh