Braj Bhasha is a language within the Indo-Aryan family spoken in the Braj region of western Uttar Pradesh centred on Mathura, eastern Rajasthan centred on Bharatpur, Karauli and Dholpur, and south-eastern areas of Haryana. It was one of the two predominant literary languages of north-central India before gradually merging into and contributing to the development of standardized Hindi in the 19th century, and it continues to be spoken today in its own form across many districts of western Uttar Pradesh, often called Central Braj Bhasha. Within this atlas it is treated as a dialect and variety of Hindi, part of the same contested classification the atlas records elsewhere.
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RegionBraj region in Western Uttar Pradesh centred on Mathura, Eastern Rajasthan centred on Bharatpur, Karauli and Dholpur, and south-eastern Haryana 1 Speaker CommunitySpoken today in many districts of Western Uttar Pradesh, referred to locally as Central Braj Bhasha 1 Distinguishing FeaturesRegarded by scholars as a more conservative Central Indo-Aryan language than Hindustani 1 Classification
Variety Kind Connections
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Braj Bhasha is named in Hindi's own article as one of the varieties of Hindi.
Source Wikipedia: Hindi
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1. Wikipedia: Braj Bhasha
Wikimedia FoundationBraj Bhasha Wikipedia article, lead section, opening sentence
Braj is a language within the Indo-Aryan language family spoken in the Braj region in Western Uttar Pradesh centred on Mathura, Eastern Rajasthan centred on Bharatpur, Karauli, Dholpur, and south-eastern areas of Haryana.
Braj Bhasha Wikipedia article, lead section, closing sentence
It is spoken today in its unique form in many districts of Western Uttar Pradesh, often referred to as 'Central Braj Bhasha'.
Braj Bhasha Wikipedia article, Literature section, closing sentence
Braj is considered by scholars to be a more conservative example of the Central Indo-Aryan languages compared to the Hindustani language, which has been influenced by Punjabi and intermediate dialects.
Variety kind, Braj Bhasha entity page
Within this atlas it is treated as a dialect and variety of Hindi, part of the same contested classification the atlas records elsewhere.
View the Source Wikipedia: Hindi
WikipediaDescends From: Hindi, Literature sectionQuote, Descends From: Hindi, Literature section
It was primarily written in other varieties of Hindi, particularly Avadhi and Braj Bhasha, but to a degree also in Dehlavi, the basis for Standard Hindi.
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