Awadhi language

Awadhi
Awadhi
अवधी avadhī
Native to	India, Nepal, Fiji (as Fiji Hindi)
Region	India: Awadh and 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
Native speakers	38 million (2001)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Central (Hindi) Eastern Hindi Awadhi; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Fiji Hindi; Gangapari; Mirzapuri; Pardesi; Uttari; Tharu; Degauri Tharu; Pratapgarhi;
Writing system	Devanagari, Kaithi
Official status
Official language in	No official status
Language codes
ISO 639-2	awa
ISO 639-3	awa

Awadhi is an Indo-Aryan language. This language was spoken in a wide area 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 mostly based on Awadhi and Braj Bhasha.