Eastern Hindi languages

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Indo-Aryan languages subgroup language subgroup

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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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Eastern Hindi 4
Eastern Hindi languages canonical 1
Eastern Hindi–Bhojpuri continuum 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan languages subgroup ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Bihari languages ⓘ
Western Hindi ⓘ
surface form: Western Hindi languages
geographicDistribution Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
surface form: 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 language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European

Indo-Iranian ⓘ
lexicalSimilarityWith Bhojpuri ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
surface form: Standard Hindi
partOf Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
sharesFeatureWith Hindi ⓘ
surface form: Standard 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 script ⓘ
surface form: Devanagari

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fiji Hindi → subgroupOf → Eastern Hindi languages ⓘ
Sarnami Hindustani → subfamilyOf → Eastern Hindi languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Hindi–Bhojpuri continuum
Chhattisgarhi → subfamily → Eastern Hindi languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Hindi
Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages → hasSubgroup → Eastern Hindi languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Hindi
Bihari languages → closelyRelatedTo → Eastern Hindi languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Hindi
Khaltahi → hasLinguisticAncestor → Eastern Hindi languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Hindi