- Hindavi
Infobox Language
name=Hindavī
familycolor=Indo-European
fam2=Indo-Iranian
fam3=Indo-Aryan
fam4=Central zone
fam5=Hindi languages
caption=Hindavi
states=India ,Pakistan
notice=IndicHindavi (हिन्दवी, ہندوی), Hindawi, or Hindvi is the mother language of modern standard
Hindi andUrdu .citation
contribution=A Long History of Urdu Literarature, Part 1
first=Shamsur Rahman
last=Faruqi
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=xowUxYhv0QgC&pg=PA806&vq=%22Urdu%22+as+a+name+for+the+language&dq=0520228219&sig=dCsukF44BlAtQomOWT3v3ZZRJpk
page=806 in Pollock (2003).] It was formed as a result of the intermingling of Persian loanwords with the nativeKhariboli language spoken inDelhi , the cultural capital of the northern India. For this reason,Amir Khusro referred to this language of his writings as "Dahlavi" (meaning "of Delhi") or "Hindavi" (meaning "of India"). During this period, the language was used bySufis in promulgating their message across India.cite web|url = http://islamicindia.blogspot.com/2005/11/origin-and-growth-of-urdu-language.html| title = The Origin and Growth of Urdu Language|publisher = Yaser Amri|accessdate = 2007-01-08] After the advent of theMughals in India, the Hindavi language acquired more Persian loanwords and hence, "Rekhta " (meaning "mixture") and "Hindi" (meaning "Indian")citation
contribution=The Progress of Hindi, Part 1
first=Stuart
last=McGregor
page=912
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=xowUxYhv0QgC&pg=RA1-PA912&vq=%22the+progress+of+hindi%22&dq=0520228219&sig=cxoU04ikzkQAgcCaye1dMooeEns in Pollock (2003)] became popular names for the same language, until the eighteenth century.citation
contribution=A Long History of Urdu Literarature, Part 1
first=Shamsur Rahman
last=Faruqi
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=xowUxYhv0QgC&pg=PA806&vq=%22Urdu%22+as+a+name+for+the+language&dq=0520228219&sig=dCsukF44BlAtQomOWT3v3ZZRJpk
page=806 in Pollock (2003).]Urdu , as a name for the language arose around 1780.citation
contribution=A Long History of Urdu Literarature, Part 1
first=Shamsur Rahman
last=Faruqi
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=xowUxYhv0QgC&pg=PA806&vq=%22Urdu%22+as+a+name+for+the+language&dq=0520228219&sig=dCsukF44BlAtQomOWT3v3ZZRJpk
page=806 in Pollock (2003).] During theBritish Raj , the term "Hindustani" came into use as a result of British officials identifying the country's former name as "Hindustan ".citation
contribution=A Long History of Urdu Literarature, Part 1
first=Shamsur Rahman
last=Faruqi
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=xowUxYhv0QgC&pg=PA806&vq=%22Urdu%22+as+a+name+for+the+language&dq=0520228219&sig=dCsukF44BlAtQomOWT3v3ZZRJpk
page=806 in Pollock (2003).] In 1796,John Borthwick Gilchrist published a "A Grammar of the Hindoostanee Language".cite web|url = http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=_rwIAAAAQAAJ&dq=hindoostanee+language&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=ZrFhKkqsFL&sig=ZobIvTmQsg6QZZpksoO_FWVmwP0| title = A Grammar of the Hindoostanee Language|publisher = Chronicle Press|accessdate = 2007-01-08] citation
contribution=A Long History of Urdu Literarature, Part 1
first=Shamsur Rahman
last=Faruqi
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=xowUxYhv0QgC&pg=PA806&vq=%22Urdu%22+as+a+name+for+the+language&dq=0520228219&sig=dCsukF44BlAtQomOWT3v3ZZRJpk
page=806 in Pollock (2003).]External Links and references
It is referred to as
Kabir 's language [http://www.springerlink.com/index/KH4L8682146325N2.pdf]Persian texts refer to it [http://www.unc.edu/~cernst/articles/goddesses.doc]Medieval
Chishti Sufi [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1478-1913.2000.tb03698.x]UNESCO refers to it as Zuban-e-Hindawi [http://www.unesco.org/most/p2vidal.htm]TDIL , Govt. of India refers to it here [http://www.tdil.mit.gov.in/DesignGuidesJan02.pdf]Referred in a
Springer publication [http://www.springerlink.com/index/F221523134T58N14.pdf]ee also
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Hindustani
*Khariboli
*History of Hindustani
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