Kauravi dialect
Kauravi (Hindi: कौरवी, Urdu: کَوروی), also known as Khaṛībolī, is a Western Hindi dialect descended from Shauraseni Prakrit that is mainly spoken in Northwestern Uttar Pradesh.
| Kauravi | |
|---|---|
| Khaṛībolī | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh (Rohilkhand), Rajasthan, Uttarakhand |
| 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 a subdialect of Khaṛībolī spoken in Dehli called Dehlavi. Dehlavi, also called Hindavi (now Hindustani) 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. An early form of Kauravi became the main basis of Old Hindi, which subsequently developed into Hindustani and then into today's Hindi and Urdu registers.