Avadhi

Avadhi is a language known in two different contexts. In a literary context,
Avadhi is a dialect of medieval Hindi
(and a sister language of Braj Bhasha)
found in the eastern part of the state of
Uttar Pradesh, in the region surrounding Ayodhya (Avadh). It is recognized as the language in which the
poet-saint Tulsidas (1532–1623?)
wrote his vernacular retelling of the
Ramayana, the Ramcharitmanas.
In a linguistic context, Avadhi is
one of the dialects of modern standard
Hindi spoken throughout the same
region. Although it shows similarities
to the language of Tulsidas, it has
evolved from that version.