| Central Indo-Aryan | |
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| Hindi languages | |
| Geographic distribution | South Asia |
| Linguistic classification | Indo-European
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| Glottolog | None west2812 (Western Hindi) east2726 (Eastern Hindi) |
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| Hindustani language (or theHindi-Urdu continuum) |
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TheCentral Indo-Aryan languages orHindi languages are a group ofIndo-Aryan languages spoken acrossNorthern andCentral India. They historically form adialect continuum that descends from the MiddlePrakrits. Located in theHindi Belt, the Central Zone includes theDehlavi (Delhi) dialect (one of several called 'Khariboli') of theHindustani language, thelingua franca of Northern India that is the basis of theModern Standard Hindi andStandard Urdu literary standards. In regards to the Indo-Aryan language family, the coherence of this language group depends on the classification being used; here only Eastern and Western Hindi languages will be considered.
If there can be considered a consensus within the dialectology of Hindi proper, it is that it can be split into two sets of dialects:Western andEastern Hindi.[1]Western Hindi evolved from theApabhraṃśa form ofShauraseni Prakrit,Eastern Hindi fromArdhamagadhi Prakrit.[2]
Parya (2,600), spoken inGissar Valley inTajikistan andUzbekistan.
Seb Seliyer (or at least its ancestor) appear to be Central Zone languages that migrated to theMiddle East andEurope ca. 500–1000 CE.
To Western HindiEthnologue addsSansi (Sansiboli),Bagheli, Chamari (aspurious language),Bhaya,Gowari (not a separate language), andGhera.
The Delhi Hindustani pronunciations[ɛː,ɔː] commonly havediphthongal realizations, ranging from[əɪ] to[ɑɪ] and from[əu] to[ɑu], respectively, in Eastern Hindi varieties and many non-standard Western Hindi varieties.[6]