Western Hindi languages
Indo-Aryan language and dialect cluster of northwest and central India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Western Hindi languages, also known as Midland languages, are a branch of the Indo-Aryan language family spoken chiefly in Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh and Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh, in Northwest and Central India. The Western Hindi languages evolved from Sauraseni Prakrit.[1] The most-spoken language in the Western Hindi language family is Standard Hindi (commonly referred to as just 'Hindi'), one of the official languages of the Government of India (the other being English) and one of the 22 Scheduled Languages of India.
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Western Hindi | |
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Midland | |
Ethnicity | Brajis, Bundelis, Haryanvis |
Geographic distribution | Braj, Bundelkhand, Haryana, Western UP |
Native speakers | approx. 272 million in India and Pakistan[citation needed] |
Linguistic classification | Indo-European
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Early form | |
Glottolog | west2812 |
Geographical distribution of Western Hindi languages |
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