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  region South Asia
  familycolor Indo-European
  fam2 Indo-Iranian
  fam3 Indo-Aryan
  fam4 Central Zone
  child1 Western Hindi
  child2 Eastern Hindi
  iso2 hin


Hindi as defined by the 1991 Indian Census includes linguistically disparate Indo-Aryan Dialects . Linguistically, Hindi dialects are a number of Central Zone languages, divided into a Western and an Eastern group. "Hindi" in the narrow definition of SIL International is the Khariboli dialect.

Languages also included under "Hindi" in the 1991 census are the Bihari Languages , the Rajasthani Languages and the Pahari Languages (excepting Dogri ).


WESTERN HINDI

The Western Hindi languages, descending from '' Sauraseni '', include some 12 ( SIL estimate) languages and dialects spoken by many people in Asia ; this language family is a part of the Indo-Aryan Language Family . Each subfamily in this list contains subgroups and individual languages.



EASTERN HINDI

Eastern Hindi ('''East Central Indo-Aryan'''), the speech varieties developed from '' Ardhamagadhi '', together with Western Hindi makes up the bulk of the dialects summarily known as Hindi ( Hindustani ).




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