Language:  Awadhi

Approximate Global Speakers

4,995,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

13

Scripture Status

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Map Notes
PRIMARY Language
(13 people groups)
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Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Ahar Nepal 2,300 ☀︎
 Brahmin Sawaria Nepal 6,500 ☀︎
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi Nepal 1,700 ☀︎
 Dhobi Kanaujia Nepal 2,100 ☀︎
 Goriya (Hindu traditions) Nepal 1,000 ☀︎
 Kayastha Sribastab Nepal 1,200 ☀︎
 Koli (Hindu traditions) Nepal 2,600 ☀︎
 Kori Nepal 14,000 ☀︎
 Murao (Hindu traditions) Nepal 2,000 ☀︎
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) Nepal 6,400 ☀︎
 Yadav Ghosi Nepal 2,100 ☀︎
 Yadav Gola Nepal 5,100 ☀︎
 Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) Nepal 34,000 ☀︎
  Totals:  13     13
SECONDARY Language
(347 people groups)
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Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Agariya (Hindu traditions) India 225,000
 Ahar India 1,584,000 ☀︎
 Aheria India 184,000 ☀︎
 Ansari India 11,541,000 ☀︎
 Ansari Nepal 50,000 ☀︎
 Apapanthi India 30,000 ☀︎
 Arakh India 648,000 ☀︎
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) India 7,133,000 ☀︎
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) Nepal 37,000
 Badhai (Muslim traditions) India 637,000 ☀︎
 Badhai (Muslim traditions) Nepal 2,600 ☀︎
Badhi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 44,000 ☀︎
 Baghban (Hindu traditions) India 659,000 ☀︎
 Baghban (Muslim traditions) India 19,000 ☀︎
 Baha'i Nepal 1,300 ☀︎
 Bahelia (Hindu traditions) India 196,000 ☀︎
Bahelia (Muslim traditions) India 26,000 ☀︎
 Bahna (Hindu traditions) India 902,000 ☀︎
 Bahna (Hindu traditions) Nepal 18,000 ☀︎
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) India 3,883,000 ☀︎
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 276,000 ☀︎
 Baiswar India 94,000 ☀︎
 Bangali (Hindu traditions) India 79,000 ☀︎
 Bania Agarwal India 5,307,000 ☀︎
 Bania Agarwal Nepal 21,000 ☀︎
 Bania Agrahari India 347,000 ☀︎
 Bania Agrahari Nepal 2,600 ☀︎
 Bania Ajudhyabansi India 106,000 ☀︎
Bania Dhusar India 215,000 ☀︎
 Bania Gahoi India 371,000 ☀︎
 Bania Hardoi India 43,000 ☀︎
 Bania Kasarwani India 452,000 ☀︎
 Bania Kasaundhan India 542,000 ☀︎
 Bania Kasaundhan Nepal 2,400 ☀︎
Bania Mahajan India 203,000 ☀︎
 Bania Mahur Nepal 1,300 ☀︎
 Bania Oswal India 453,000 ☀︎
 Bania Porwal India 350,000 ☀︎
 Bania Rauniar Nepal 3,100 ☀︎
Bania Ummad India 322,000 ☀︎
 Bania Unai India 64,000 ☀︎
 Bania unspecified India 20,869,000 ☀︎
 Bania unspecified Nepal 167,000 ☀︎
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) India 6,744,000
 Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) India 474,000
 Banmanus India 28,000 ☀︎
 Bansphor (Hindu traditions) India 165,000 ☀︎
 Bantar Nepal 62,000 ☀︎
 Bari (Hindu traditions) India 685,000 ☀︎
 Bari (Hindu traditions) Nepal 11,000 ☀︎
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) India 603,000 ☀︎
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) Nepal 27,000 ☀︎
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) India 2,449,000 ☀︎
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 3,300 ☀︎
 Bengali Muslim Moghal India 1,897,000 ☀︎
Beriya (Hindu traditions) India 49,000 ☀︎
 Bhand (Muslim traditions) India 37,000 ☀︎
 Bhar India 2,205,000 ☀︎
 Bhar Nepal 4,100 ☀︎
 Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions) India 1,322,000 ☀︎
Bharbhunja (Muslim traditions) India 70,000 ☀︎
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) India 1,497,000 ☀︎
Bhathiara (Muslim traditions) India 202,000 ☀︎
 Bhil unspecified India 17,888,000
 Bhisti India 590,000 ☀︎
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) India 7,250,000 ☀︎
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 193,000 ☀︎
Bhoi Ghogra India 60,000 ☀︎
 Bhoi Kharbind India 558,000 ☀︎
 Bhoi Kharbind Nepal 11,000 ☀︎
Bhoi Kharot India 195,000 ☀︎
Bhoi Kharot Nepal 7,300 ☀︎
 Bhoi Mallah Mewat India 662,000 ☀︎
 Bhoi Mallah Mewat Nepal 8,500 ☀︎
Bhoi Nikhad India 70,000 ☀︎
Bhoi Nikhad Nepal 2,200 ☀︎
 Bhoksa India 64,000 ☀︎
 Bhotia India 123,000
 Bhuinhar India 1,063,000 ☀︎
 Biar (Hindu traditions) India 407,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Bhumihar Nepal 19,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Bohara Nepal 1,200 ☀︎
 Brahmin Gaur India 3,324,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Gaur Nepal 8,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Hill Nepal 3,637,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Jijhotia India 538,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Joshi India 409,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Kanaujia India 4,661,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Kanaujia Nepal 7,200 ☀︎
 Brahmin Khandelwal Nepal 2,200 ☀︎
 Brahmin Maha India 212,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Mahratta India 487,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi India 522,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi Nepal 3,300 ☀︎
 Brahmin Sanadhya India 2,942,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Saraswat India 651,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Saraswat Nepal 3,100 ☀︎
 Brahmin Sawaria India 4,585,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Terai Nepal 118,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin unspecified India 42,475,000 ☀︎
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) India 49,474,000
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 364,000
 Chamar (Sikh traditions) India 1,691,000
 Chero India 172,000
 Chhetri Nepal 4,968,000
 Christian India 1,509,000
 Darjee Nepal 533,000
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) India 3,041,000 ☀︎
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 8,400 ☀︎
 Darzi (Muslim traditions) India 1,095,000 ☀︎
 Darzi (Muslim traditions) Nepal 23,000 ☀︎
Darzi Sribastab (Hindu traditions) India 134,000 ☀︎
 Dhanuk India 4,537,000 ☀︎
 Dhanuk Nepal 249,000 ☀︎
Dharhi (Muslim traditions) India 38,000 ☀︎
 Dharkar India 149,000 ☀︎
 Dharkar Nepal 3,000 ☀︎
 Dhimal Nepal 31,000
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) India 14,867,000 ☀︎
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 127,000 ☀︎
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) India 1,048,000 ☀︎
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) Nepal 8,000 ☀︎
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi India 209,000 ☀︎
Dhobi Batham India 433,000 ☀︎
 Dhobi Kanaujia India 520,000 ☀︎
Dhobi Kathiya India 114,000 ☀︎
Dhobi Mathuria India 186,000 ☀︎
 Dhobi Parit India 274,000 ☀︎
 Dhobi Sribastab India 191,000 ☀︎
 Dom (Hindu traditions) India 2,326,000
 Dom (Hindu traditions) Nepal 16,000 ☀︎
 Dom (Muslim traditions) India 195,000 ☀︎
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) Nepal 236,000 ☀︎
 Faqir India 97,000 ☀︎
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) India 5,909,000 ☀︎
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) Nepal 9,100 ☀︎
 Gadaria Dhingar India 1,279,000 ☀︎
 Gadaria Nikhad India 1,466,000 ☀︎
 Gaddi (Muslim traditions) India 468,000 ☀︎
 Gaddi (Muslim traditions) Nepal 1,100 ☀︎
 Ghosi (Muslim traditions) India 191,000 ☀︎
 Gond Dhuriya India 180,000
Gond Jetwant India 37,000
 Gond Muria India 741,000
 Gond unspecified India 12,447,000
 Goriya (Hindu traditions) India 352,000 ☀︎
 Gosain Nepal 1,900 ☀︎
 Gosain Dasnami India 437,000 ☀︎
 Gosain unspecified India 1,692,000 ☀︎
 Gujar (Hindu traditions) India 7,747,000 ☀︎
 Gujar (Muslim traditions) India 504,000 ☀︎
 Hajam India 2,146,000 ☀︎
 Hajam Nepal 42,000 ☀︎
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) India 1,562,000 ☀︎
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) Nepal 95,000 ☀︎
 Halwai (Muslim traditions) India 185,000 ☀︎
 Hela India 57,000 ☀︎
 Jat (Hindu traditions) India 19,720,000 ☀︎
 Jat (Sikh traditions) India 10,720,000 ☀︎
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) India 3,592,000 ☀︎
 Jogi (Muslim traditions) India 109,000 ☀︎
 Kachhi (Hindu traditions) India 6,064,000 ☀︎
 Kachhi Kachhwaha India 1,289,000 ☀︎
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) India 8,959,000 ☀︎
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 61,000 ☀︎
 Kahar Kamkar (Hindu traditions) India 227,000 ☀︎
 Kalabaz India 12,000 ☀︎
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) India 3,292,000 ☀︎
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 172,000
 Kalwar (Muslim traditions) India 11,000 ☀︎
Kalwar Iraqi (Muslim traditions) India 46,000 ☀︎
 Kalwar Jaiswal India 1,045,000 ☀︎
 Kalwar Jaiswal Nepal 6,500 ☀︎
 Kami Nepal 1,422,000
 Kandu India 2,555,000 ☀︎
 Kandu Nepal 145,000 ☀︎
 Kanjar (Hindu traditions) India 228,000 ☀︎
 Kanjar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 3,400 ☀︎
 Kapariya India 28,000 ☀︎
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) India 8,959,000 ☀︎
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) Nepal 50,000
Kayastha Saksena India 320,000 ☀︎
 Kayastha Sribastab India 1,027,000 ☀︎
 Kharwar India 616,000
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) India 2,438,000 ☀︎
Khatik (Muslim traditions) India 36,000 ☀︎
 Khatri (Hindu traditions) India 2,535,000 ☀︎
 Khatwa Nepal 115,000 ☀︎
 Kisan India 1,679,000
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) India 8,843,000 ☀︎
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) Nepal 346,000
 Koli (Hindu traditions) India 2,419,000 ☀︎
 Kori India 2,788,000
 Kumhar Bardiha India 701,000 ☀︎
 Kumhar Kanaujia India 552,000 ☀︎
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) India 17,237,000 ☀︎
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 72,000
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) India 20,682,000 ☀︎
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 261,000 ☀︎
 Kutana India 564,000 ☀︎
 Lodha (Hindu traditions) India 7,541,000 ☀︎
 Lodha (Hindu traditions) Nepal 38,000 ☀︎
 Lodha Jariya India 1,623,000 ☀︎
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) India 10,393,000 ☀︎
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 117,000 ☀︎
 Lohar (Muslim traditions) India 673,000 ☀︎
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) India 3,475,000 ☀︎
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) Nepal 79,000 ☀︎
 Majhi Nepal 94,000
 Majhwar India 201,000
 Mali (Hindu traditions) India 14,528,000 ☀︎
 Mali (Hindu traditions) Nepal 16,000
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) India 3,802,000 ☀︎
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) Nepal 196,000
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions) India 358,000 ☀︎
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions) Nepal 5,200 ☀︎
 Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions) India 323,000 ☀︎
 Manihar India 614,000 ☀︎
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) India 2,101,000
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 15,000 ☀︎
 Murao (Hindu traditions) India 2,620,000 ☀︎
Murao (Muslim traditions) India 69,000 ☀︎
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) India 3,381,000
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 265,000
 Nai (Hindu traditions) India 13,045,000 ☀︎
 Nai (Hindu traditions) Nepal 134,000 ☀︎
Nai Mathuria India 175,000 ☀︎
 Nat (Hindu traditions) India 549,000 ☀︎
 Nat (Hindu traditions) Nepal 3,500 ☀︎
 Nat (Muslim traditions) India 149,000 ☀︎
 Newah Nepal 1,495,000
 Oraon India 4,861,000
Pashtun Ghauri India 390,000 ☀︎
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) India 645,000 ☀︎
 Pashtun, Pathan India 11,228,000 ☀︎
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) India 7,206,000 ☀︎
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 4,500 ☀︎
Pasi Gujar India 693,000 ☀︎
 Pasi Kaithwan India 944,000 ☀︎
 Pasi Rajpasi India 1,444,000
 Patwa (Hindu traditions) India 280,000 ☀︎
 Pinjara India 3,571,000 ☀︎
 Qassab India 1,164,000 ☀︎
 Qazi India 785,000 ☀︎
 Qazi Nepal 11,000 ☀︎
 Rahmani (Muslim traditions) India 253,000 ☀︎
 Rajbhar Nepal 12,000
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) India 33,917,000 ☀︎
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) Nepal 43,000 ☀︎
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) India 2,401,000 ☀︎
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) Nepal 17,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Amethiya India 28,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Bachgoti India 167,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Bachhal (Hindu traditions) India 99,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) India 1,442,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Bais (Muslim traditions) India 107,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Bandhalgoti India 52,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Barwar India 68,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Bhadauria India 279,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Bhale Sultan (Hindu traditions) India 65,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) India 961,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Bisen (Hindu traditions) India 322,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Chandel India 367,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) India 3,277,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) Nepal 1,200 ☀︎
 Rajput Chauhan (Muslim traditions) India 331,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Chauhan (Muslim traditions) Nepal 2,200 ☀︎
 Rajput Dikhit India 286,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions) India 619,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions) India 347,000 ☀︎
Rajput Gargbansi India 38,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Gaur India 720,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Gautam (Hindu traditions) India 412,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Janjua (Hindu traditions) India 93,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Janwar India 83,000 ☀︎
Rajput Joia (Hindu traditions) India 72,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Kachhwaha India 767,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Kalhans India 75,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Kanhpuriya India 58,000 ☀︎
Rajput Manihas (Hindu traditions) India 275,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Palwar India 55,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Parihar India 431,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) India 1,382,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Ponwar (Muslim traditions) Nepal 1,400 ☀︎
 Rajput Raikwar India 86,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) India 497,000 ☀︎
Rajput Rajkumar India 109,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) India 1,531,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Sakarwar (Hindu traditions) India 218,000 ☀︎
Rajput Salehria (Hindu traditions) India 117,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Sengar India 433,000 ☀︎
Rajput Sirnet India 57,000 ☀︎
Rajput Sombansi (Hindu traditions) India 370,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Surajbansi India 280,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Tonwar (Hindu traditions) India 491,000 ☀︎
 Rangrez (Muslim traditions) India 334,000 ☀︎
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) India 1,515,000
 Rawat India 842,000 ☀︎
 Rayeen (Muslim traditions) India 1,051,000 ☀︎
 Satnami India 1,915,000
 Sayyid India 8,613,000 ☀︎
 Sayyid Nepal 75,000 ☀︎
 Shaikh Nepal 925,000 ☀︎
 Shaikh Qureshi India 8,870,000 ☀︎
 Shaikh Siddiqi India 8,168,000 ☀︎
 Shaikh unspecified India 87,933,000 ☀︎
 Shershabdia (Muslim traditions) India 38,000 ☀︎
Sikligar (Muslim traditions) India 50,000 ☀︎
 Silpkar (Hindu traditions) India 1,000,000
 Silpkar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 68,000 ☀︎
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) India 10,210,000 ☀︎
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 74,000
Sonar Ajudhyabansi India 113,000 ☀︎
Sonar Bawaria India 35,000 ☀︎
Sonar Bhojpuria India 34,000 ☀︎
Sonar Chhatri India 129,000 ☀︎
Sonar Choralia India 35,000 ☀︎
Sonar Mair India 84,000 ☀︎
Sonar Rastaogi India 74,000 ☀︎
Sonar Tejania India 35,000 ☀︎
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) India 2,048,000 ☀︎
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) Nepal 91,000 ☀︎
 Tawaif (Muslim traditions) India 122,000 ☀︎
 Teli (Hindu traditions) India 20,601,000 ☀︎
 Teli (Hindu traditions) Nepal 418,000
 Teli (Muslim traditions) India 1,837,000 ☀︎
 Teli (Muslim traditions) Nepal 2,000 ☀︎
Teli Sribastab India 325,000 ☀︎
Thakuria Nepal 2,800 ☀︎
 Tharu India 500,000
Valmiki (Christian traditions) India 114,000
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) India 5,278,000 ☀︎
Valmiki (Muslim traditions) India 193,000 ☀︎
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) India 50,210,000 ☀︎
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) Nepal 1,389,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Dhindhor India 1,651,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Dhindhor Nepal 18,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Ghosi India 1,696,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Gola India 5,264,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) India 5,212,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Jadubans India 668,000 ☀︎
Yadav Kamariha India 450,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Kaonra India 726,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Kaonra Nepal 3,400 ☀︎
Yadav Nandbans India 515,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Rawat India 1,540,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Rawat Nepal 11,000 ☀︎
  Totals:  347     343

Language Alternate Names
Abadhi
Abadi
Abohi
Ambodhi
Avadhi
Baiswari
Chhatisgadhi
Dehati
Deshi
Gawnaru
Kojali
Kosali
Koseli

Dialects
Badi
Bagheli
Baiswari
Bihar
Chhatisgadhi
Gangapari
Mirzapuri
Pardesi
Uttari

Dialect Alternate Names
Abadi
Abohi
Ambodh
Avadhi
Awadhi: Bihar
Awadhi: Gangapari
Awadhi: Mirzapuri
Awadhi: Pardesi
Awadhi: Tharu
Awadhi: Uttari
AwadhiTharu
Baiswari
Kojali
Kosali
Tharu


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