Awadhi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in northern India and is grouped under Purvi Hindi Branch of Hindi. It is considered as a dialect of Hindi. It is spoken chiefly in the Awadh (Oudh) region of Uttar Pradesh, although its speakers are also found in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Nepal. According to 2001 census, it ranks 29th in the List of languages by number of native speakers in World.