Kauravi dialect
Kauravi (Hindi: कौरवी, Urdu: کَوروی), also known as Khaṛībolī, is a dialect of Hindustani descended from Shauraseni Prakrit that is mainly spoken in northwestern Uttar Pradesh, outside of Delhi.
| Kauravi | |
|---|---|
| Khaṛībolī | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh (Rohilkhand), Rajasthan, Uttarakhand |
Indo-European
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
| Linguasphere | 59-AAF-qd |
Khariboli Dialect Area in the northern subcontinent | |
Modern Hindi and Urdu are two standard registers of Hindustani, descending from Old Hindi. Dehlavi, also called Hindavi gained prestige when it was accepted along with Persian as a language of the courts. Before that, it was only a language the Persianate states (like Delhi Sultanate) spoke to their subjects in, and later as a sociolect of the same ruling classes.
Modern Kauravi contains some features, such as gemination, which give it a distinctive sound and differentiates it from Braj and Awadhi. Old Hindi developed into Hindustani and then into today's Hindi and Urdu registers.