Kanauji
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A language of India
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Bhakha, Braj, Braj Kanauji, Dehati, Kannauji
Autonym
देहाती (Dehati), हिन्दी (Hindi)
Population
9,500,000 (2001 USCWM).
Location
Uttar Pradesh state: Auraiya, Etawah, Farrukhabad, Hardoi, Kanpur, Pilibhit, Mainpuri, and Shahjahanpur districts.
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Language Status
6b (Threatened).
Dialects
Kanauji Proper, Tirhari, Transitional Kanauji. Transitional Kanauji dialect is between Kanauji and Awadhi [awa]. Grierson and Konow call it a form of Braj Bhasha [bra]. The variety spoken in Kannauj and Farrukhabad is considered the pure form (Grierson and Konow 1903–1928). Lexical similarity: 84%–97% between all varieties of Kanauji, 72%–76% with Bundeli [bns], 70%–78% with Braj Bhasha [bra], 83%–94% with Hindi [hin].
Language Use
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 60% (2001 census). NT: 1821.
Language Resources
Writing
Devanagari script [Deva].
Kanauji may be only a name given by scholars. Language not commonly referred to as Kanauji. Very low identity. Regard their language as a variety of Hindi [hin]. However, a small local group is interested in promoting Kanauji before it dies out. Hindu, Christian.