The Data Wall
What we know. What remains to be studied.
India Census self-declared speakers (2011)
38,50,906
SpeakersIndependent linguistic estimate
~38 million
SpeakersNepal Census speakers (2021)
8,64,276
SpeakersFiji Hindi speakers
~400,000+
SpeakersGlobal diaspora descendants
~4.5 million
DemographicsUP districts where Awadhi is primary
23
DemographicsNepal districts
8
DemographicsAwadhi Wikipedia articles (March 2021)
2,432
DigitalAwadhi Wikipedia active editors/month
2
DigitalGoogle Translate support
Added 2024 (PaLM 2)
DigitalUP Film Policy Awadhi subsidy
50% (up to Rs 2 crore)
MediaRamcharitmanas copies (one press)
108.7 million
LiteraryRamlila tradition (UNESCO ICH)
31 days (Ramnagar), est. 1625
LiteraryRamcharitmanas UNESCO inscription
Memory of World Asia-Pacific, May 2024
LiteraryISO 639-3 code
awa
ClassificationUNESCO World Atlas classification
Potentially Vulnerable
ClassificationEthnologue classification
Level 5 (Developing)
ClassificationAwadhi-medium schools in India
Zero
EducationNotable Awadhi films
Nadiya Ke Paar (1982), Bairi Kangna (2018)
Media