Awadhi
Indo-Aryan language spoken in Northern India
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Summary
Awadhi is a language[1]. Awadhi ranks in the top 1% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,085 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Ethnic group: Awadhis[3]
- Country: India[4], Nepal[5]
- Instance of: modern language[6]
- Subclass of: Eastern Hindi[7]
- Writing system: Devanagari[8]
- Wikimedia language code: awa[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Awadhi language[10]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 22,000,000[11]
- Native label: अवधी[12]
- UNESCO language status: 1 safe[13]
- Indigenous to: Bihar[14], Delhi[15], Madhya Pradesh[16], Uttar Pradesh[17], Bheri Zone[18], Lumbini Zone[19], Mahakali Zone[20], Rapti Zone[21], Seti Zone[22], Awadh[23]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/AWA[24]
- Ethnologue language status: 5 Developing[25]
- Linguistic typology: subject–object–verb[26], syllabic language[27], fusional language[28]
- Has grammatical gender: masculine[29], feminine[30]
Why It Matters
Awadhi has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Awadhi is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]