What is Awadhi language?
{{Infobox language | name = Awadhi | nativename = {{lang|awa|अवधी}} {{IAST|''avadhī''}} | states = [[India]], [[Nepal]], [[Fiji]] | region = India: [[Awadh]] and [[Doab|Lower Doab]] regions of [[Uttar Pradesh]], as well as [[Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Delhi]] Nepal: [[Lumbini Zone]], [[Kapilbastu District]]; [[Bheri Zone]], [[Banke District]], [[Bardiya District]] and most part of the [[Uttar Pradesh]] | speakers = 70 million | date = 2021 | ref = e16 | familycolor = Indo-European | fam2 = [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]] | fam3 = [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] | fam4 = [[Ardhmagadhi prakit]] | dia1 = [[Fiji Hindi]],[[Eastern Awadhi]] | dia2 = Gangapari | dia3 = Mirzapuri | dia4 = Pardesi | dia5 = Uttari | dia6 = Tharu | dia7 = Degauri Tharu | dia8 = Pratapgarhi | script = [[Kaithi]] (official) | nation = Awadh, [[Fiji]] | iso2 = awa | iso3 = awa | notice = Indic | standards = [[Figi Hindi|Fijian]] and [[Awadhi{{!}}]] }} '''Awadhi''' is an [[Indo-Aryan]] [[language]]. This language was spoken in a wide area of Awadh including [[Lucknow]] and [[Ayoudhya]] (Awadh) earlier. [[Goswami Tulasidas]] wrote Ramcharitmanas, Geetavali, Kavitavali, and all his Shri Ram poems in this language. [[Hindi]] is a much newer language derived on Awadhi. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{InterWiki|code=awa}} {{Asia-stub}} [[Category:Indo-Aryan languages]] [[Category:Languages of India]]