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EASTERN HINDI
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V13,
Page 478
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EASTERN See also: Aryan See also: languages (see HINDOSTANI)
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It is spoken in Oudh, Baghelkhand and See also: Chhattisgarh by over 22,000,000 See also: people
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It is derived from the Apabhrarilsa See also: form of Ardhamagadhi See also: Prakrit (see PRAKRIT), and possesses a large and important literature
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Its most famous writer was Tulsi Dais, the poet and reformer, who 'died early in the 17th century, and since his See also: time it has been the See also: North-See also: Indian language employed for epic See also: poetry
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