Awadhi language

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.

Awadhi
अवधी avadhī
Native to	India, Nepal, Fiji
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	70 million (2021)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Ardhmagadhi prakit Awadhi
Standard forms	Fijian and [[Awadhi|]]
Dialects	Fiji Hindi,Eastern Awadhi Gangapari Mirzapuri Pardesi Uttari Tharu Degauri Tharu Pratapgarhi
Writing system	Kaithi (official)
Official status
Official language in	Awadh, Fiji
Language codes
ISO 639-2	awa
ISO 639-3	awa

Hindi is a much newer language derived on Awadhi.