Bundelkhandi Hindi

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Bundelkhandi Hindi is a Western Hindi dialect spoken primarily in the Bundelkhand region of central India, encompassing parts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language variety
Western Hindi dialect
closelyRelatedTo Braj Bhasha
Kannauji
Standard Hindi
linked to: Hindi
culturalRegion Bundelkhand
hasAlternativeName Bundeli
Bundelkhandi
linked to: Bundeli

Bundelkhandi Boli
linked to: Bundelkhandi Hindi
hasAncestor Shauraseni Prakrit
hasDialectContinuumWith Bagheli
Braj Bhasha
hasLexicalFeature large number of region-specific vocabulary items
hasMorphologicalFeature distinct verb conjugation patterns from Standard Hindi
hasPhonologicalFeature distinct vowel length patterns compared to Standard Hindi
influencedBy neighboring Hindi dialects
influences local folk literature of Bundelkhand
ISO639-3Code bns (often used for Bundeli/Bundelkhandi)
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages
mutualIntelligibility partially intelligible with Standard Hindi
partOf Bundelkhand language continuum
linked to: Bundelkhandi Hindi
regionIncludes Banda district
Chhatarpur district
linked to: Chhatarpur

Chitrakoot district
Damoh district
Datia district
Hamirpur district
Jalaun district
Jhansi district
Lalitpur district
Niwari district
Panna district
Sagar district
Tikamgarh district
linked to: Tikamgarh
spokenIn Bundelkhand region
linked to: Bundelkhand

Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
central India
status primarily a spoken variety
subclassOf Central Indo-Aryan language
Hindi dialect
usedAlongside Standard Hindi in administration
Standard Hindi in education
usedFor everyday communication
folk songs
oral storytelling
writingSystem Devanagari script

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Bundeli hasAlternativeName Bundelkhandi Hindi
Bundeli hasAlternativeName Bundelkhandi language
linked to: Bundelkhandi Hindi
Bundelkhandi Hindi partOf Bundelkhand language continuum
linked to: Bundelkhandi Hindi
Bundelkhandi Hindi hasAlternativeName Bundelkhandi Boli
linked to: Bundelkhandi Hindi
Malvi language hasNeighbouringLanguage Bundeli language
linked to: Bundelkhandi Hindi