
Languages of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh has total 7 native languages. Hindi and Urdu as official languages total it to 9. A commoner can speak minimum two languages and new generation can speak upto 4. these 7 languages aren't dialects, these are proper languages and differences like Bengali Assamese Odia and tamil, kannada, telugu. hindi just resembles to Kauravi. Govt consider them separate languages but it's people's misconception that they are dialects. Kauravi is actually ancestor of Hindi. so it is different to standard hindi. Ruheli is Kauravi dialect spoken in Rohelkhand region. Gurjari is continnum dialect of kauravi and braj. Kanpuriya is continnum of Awadhi, Bundeli and Kannauji. Kannauji is transitional language of Eastern Hindi and Western Hindi language groups. Bagheli is dialect of Awadhi but got language status due to large population and separate identity and vindhyan uphills. continnum dialects between Awadhi and Bhojpuri are considered Bhojpuri as they start using Lakarant