Braj Bhasha

Braj Bhāshā (Devanagari: ब्रज भाषा; Gurmukhi: ਬ੍ਰਜ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ), also called Brij Bhāshā (बृज भाषा, ਬ੍ਰਿਜ ਭਾਸ਼ਾਾ), Braj Bhākhā (ब्रज भाखा, ਬ੍ਰਜ ਭਾਖ), or Dehaatī Zabaan (देहाती ज़बान, ਦੇਹਾਤੀ ਜ਼ਬਾਨ, 'country tongue'), is a Western Hindi language closely related to Hindustani. In fact, it is usually considered to be a dialect of Hindi, and along with Awadhi (a variety of Eastern Hindi) was one of the two predominant literary languages of North-Central India before the switch to Hindustani (Khariboli) in the 19th century.

Braj Bhasha

Braj Bhāshā (Devanagari: ब्रज भाषा; Gurmukhi: ਬ੍ਰਜ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ), also called Brij Bhāshā (बृज भाषा, ਬ੍ਰਿਜ ਭਾਸ਼ਾਾ), Braj Bhākhā (ब्रज भाखा, ਬ੍ਰਜ ਭਾਖ), or Dehaatī Zabaan (देहाती ज़बान, ਦੇਹਾਤੀ ਜ਼ਬਾਨ, 'country tongue'), is a Western Hindi language closely related to Hindustani. In fact, it is usually considered to be a dialect of Hindi, and along with Awadhi (a variety of Eastern Hindi) was one of the two predominant literary languages of North-Central India before the switch to Hindustani (Khariboli) in the 19th century.