Western Hindi
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| Western Hindi | |
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| Geographic distribution: |
South Asia |
| Linguistic classification: | Indo-European
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Western Hindi is a group of Hindi dialects that evolved out of the Apabhramsa form of Shaurseni prakrit. According to G. A. Grierson it comprises such varieties as Haryanvi or Bangaru (spoken in Haryana and some areas of National Capital Territory of Delhi), Brajbhakha (spoken in western Uttar Pradesh and adjoining districts in Rajasthan and Haryana), Bundeli (spoken in west central Madhya Pradesh), Kanauji (spoken in west-central Uttar Pradesh) and Hindustani or Kauravi (spoken in the north and northeast of Delhi).[1][2] The latter became the basis of literary Hindi and Urdu.
[edit] References
- ^ Masica C.P. The Indo-Aryan Languages. — Cambridge University Press, 1993. — p. 12
- ^ Grierson G.A. Western Hindi. In Linguistic Survey of India.
