Kauravi dialect

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Kauravi dialect is a regional variety of Hindi-Urdu traditionally spoken in and around the Delhi region of northern India.

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Kauravi dialect canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language variety
dialect
regional dialect of Hindi-Urdu
alsoKnownAs Kauravi Hindi
linked to: Kauravi

Khari Boli
Khariboli
linked to: Khari Boli
basisOf Delhi Hindi accent
linked to: Khari Boli

standard Hindustani pronunciation
closelyRelatedTo Braj Bhasha
Haryanvi
Kannauji
country India
dialectOf Hindi language
Hindustani language
Urdu language
hasFeature SOV word order
aspirated consonant series
distinctive local vocabulary compared to Standard Hindi
retroflex consonants
three-gender system reduction towards two genders in colloquial speech
use of postpositions instead of case endings
historicalRole prestige dialect of north India in the Mughal and British periods
influenced Modern Urdu
linked to: Urdu language

Standard Hindi
linked to: Hindi
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages
nativeName कौरवी
partOf Hindi-Urdu dialect continuum
region Delhi region
Haryana
National Capital Region of India
parts of Rajasthan
western Uttar Pradesh
spokenIn Baghpat
Delhi
Ghaziabad
Gurugram region
linked to: Gurugram

Meerut
Muzaffarnagar
Rohtak region
linked to: Rohtak division

Shamli
Sonipat region
linked to: Sonipat
standardization less standardized than Standard Hindi
status primarily spoken language
subclassOf Hindustani dialect
Western Hindi dialect
usedAs urban colloquial speech in Delhi and surrounding areas
writingSystem Devanagari script
Perso-Arabic script

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Kauravi hasAlternativeName Kauravi dialect