Khariboli

Khariboli (کھڑی بولی, Devanagari: खड़ी बोली khaṛī bolī; lit. 'standing dialect') is a Western Hindi dialect spoken mainly in the rural surroundings of Delhi, the areas of Western Uttar Pradesh and the southern areas of Uttarakhand in India.

It is also known as Khari Boli, Khadiboli, Khadi Boli or simply Khari. Khariboli is widely accepted to be the main dialectical precursor of the Hindi-Urdu prestige dialect, of which Standard Hindi and Urdu are official standard registers and literary styles. Standard Hindi and Urdu are the principal official languages of India and Pakistan respectively.

In academic literature, the term Kauravi (कौरवी) is sometimes applied to the specific Khari dialect spoken in the western parts of the Khari-speaking zone. Although Khariboli and Standard Hindi-Urdu differ dialectically, Standard Hindi-Urdu is sometimes also referred to as Khariboli and regarded as the literary form of that dialect.

Khariboli is believed to have initially developed contemporaneously with the neighboring Awadhi and Braj dialects in the 900-1200 CE period. Khari contains some features, such as gemination, which give it a distinctive sound and differentiates it from standard Hindi-Urdu, Braj and Awadhi.

Read more about Khariboli:  Geographical Distribution, Khariboli in Hindi-Urdu Popular Culture, Kauravi and Sankrityayan's Proposal, Other Dialects of Hindi-Urdu, Early Influences