Braj Bhasha
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Braj[lower-alpha 1] is a language within the Indo-Aryan language family spoken in the Braj region centered on Mathura. Along with Awadhi, it was one of the two predominant literary languages of North-Central India before being replaced by Hindi in the 19th century.
Braj | |
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Brij Bhasha | |
ब्रजभाषा بْرج بھاشا Braj Bhāṣā | |
Native to | India |
Region | Braj |
Ethnicity | Brajwasi |
Native speakers | 1,600,000 (2011 census)[1] Census results conflate some speakers with Hindi.[2] |
Devanagari | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | bra |
ISO 639-3 | bra |
Glottolog | braj1242 |
Braj-speaking region |
The language was historically used for Vaishnavite poetry dedicated to Krishna, whose life was associated with sites in the Braj region. There were also early prose works in terms of the hagiographical vārtā literature of the Vallabha sect.[3]
Braj is considered by scholars to be a more pure example of the Central Indo-Aryan languages compared to the Hindustani language, which has been influenced by Panjabi and intermediate dialects.[4]