WESTERN See also:

• HINDI, EASTERN
• WESTERN HINDI

HINDI  , the Indo-See also:

• ARYAN

Aryan See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language of the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle and upper Gangetic See also:

• DOAB

Doab, and of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south . It is the See also:

• VERNACULAR (Lat. verna, dim. vernaculus, a slave horn in his master's house)

vernacular of over 40,000,000 See also:

• PEOPLE

people . Its See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard See also:

• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect' is Braj Bhasha, spoken near See also:

• MUTTRA, or MATHURA

Muttra, which has a considerable literature mainly devoted to the See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion founded on devotion to See also:

• KRISHNA (the Dark One)

Krishna . Another dialect spoken near See also:

• DELHI, DEHLI

Delhi and in the upper Gangetic Doab is the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original from which See also:

• HINDOSTANI
• HINDOSTANI (properly Hindustani, of or belonging to Hindostan')

Hindostani, the See also:

• GREAT

great lingua franca of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, has See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed (see HINDOSTANI) . Western See also:

• HINDI, EASTERN
• HINDI, WESTERN

Hindi, like Punjabi, its See also:

• NEIGHBOUR (O. Eng. neahgebiir, from Walt, " nigh," " near ")

neighbour to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west, is descended from the Apabhramsa See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of Sauraseni See also:

• PRAKRIT (prakrta, natural)

Prakrit (see PRAKRIT), and represents the language of the Madhyadesa or Midland, as distinct from the intermediate and See also:

• OUTER

outer Indo-Aryan See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages .