Language:  Awadhi

Approximate Global Speakers

4,995,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

13

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Map Notes
PRIMARY Language
(13 people groups)
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Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Ahar Nepal 2,200 ☀︎
 Brahmin Sawaria Nepal 6,200 ☀︎
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi Nepal 1,600 ☀︎
 Dhobi Kanaujia Nepal 2,000 ☀︎
 Goriya (Hindu traditions) Nepal 1,000 ☀︎
 Kayastha Sribastab Nepal 1,100 ☀︎
 Koli (Hindu traditions) Nepal 2,500 ☀︎
 Kori Nepal 13,000 ☀︎
 Murao (Hindu traditions) Nepal 1,900 ☀︎
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) Nepal 6,200 ☀︎
 Yadav Ghosi Nepal 2,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Gola Nepal 5,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) Nepal 32,000 ☀︎
  Totals:  13     13
SECONDARY Language
(347 people groups)
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Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Agariya (Hindu traditions) India 239,000
 Ahar India 1,681,000 ☀︎
 Aheria India 195,000 ☀︎
 Ansari India 12,243,000 ☀︎
 Ansari Nepal 48,000 ☀︎
 Apapanthi India 31,000 ☀︎
 Arakh India 688,000 ☀︎
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) India 7,564,000 ☀︎
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) Nepal 36,000
 Badhai (Muslim traditions) India 675,000 ☀︎
 Badhai (Muslim traditions) Nepal 2,600 ☀︎
 Badhi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 42,000 ☀︎
 Baghban (Hindu traditions) India 699,000 ☀︎
 Baghban (Muslim traditions) India 20,000 ☀︎
 Baha'i Nepal 1,300 ☀︎
 Bahelia (Hindu traditions) India 208,000 ☀︎
Bahelia (Muslim traditions) India 28,000 ☀︎
 Bahna (Hindu traditions) India 957,000 ☀︎
 Bahna (Hindu traditions) Nepal 17,000 ☀︎
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) India 4,119,000 ☀︎
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 267,000 ☀︎
 Baiswar India 100,000 ☀︎
 Bangali (Hindu traditions) India 84,000 ☀︎
 Bania Agarwal India 5,628,000 ☀︎
 Bania Agarwal Nepal 20,000 ☀︎
 Bania Agrahari India 368,000 ☀︎
 Bania Agrahari Nepal 2,500 ☀︎
 Bania Ajudhyabansi India 112,000 ☀︎
Bania Dhusar India 228,000 ☀︎
 Bania Gahoi India 393,000 ☀︎
 Bania Hardoi India 46,000 ☀︎
 Bania Kasarwani India 479,000 ☀︎
 Bania Kasaundhan India 575,000 ☀︎
 Bania Kasaundhan Nepal 2,300 ☀︎
Bania Mahajan India 215,000 ☀︎
 Bania Mahur Nepal 1,200 ☀︎
 Bania Oswal India 480,000 ☀︎
 Bania Porwal India 372,000 ☀︎
 Bania Rauniar Nepal 3,000 ☀︎
Bania Ummad India 342,000 ☀︎
 Bania Unai India 68,000 ☀︎
 Bania unspecified India 19,625,000 ☀︎
 Bania unspecified Nepal 140,000 ☀︎
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) India 7,151,000
 Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) India 503,000
 Banmanus India 30,000 ☀︎
 Bansphor (Hindu traditions) India 176,000 ☀︎
 Bantar Nepal 60,000 ☀︎
 Bari (Hindu traditions) India 727,000 ☀︎
 Bari (Hindu traditions) Nepal 10,000 ☀︎
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) India 640,000 ☀︎
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) Nepal 26,000 ☀︎
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) India 2,303,000 ☀︎
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 3,200 ☀︎
 Bengali Muslim Moghal India 2,013,000 ☀︎
Beriya (Hindu traditions) India 52,000 ☀︎
 Bhand (Muslim traditions) India 40,000 ☀︎
 Bhar India 2,339,000 ☀︎
 Bhar Nepal 4,000 ☀︎
 Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions) India 1,403,000 ☀︎
Bharbhunja (Muslim traditions) India 74,000 ☀︎
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) India 1,589,000 ☀︎
 Bhathiara (Muslim traditions) India 215,000 ☀︎
 Bhil unspecified India 16,822,000
 Bhisti India 626,000 ☀︎
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) India 6,818,000 ☀︎
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 162,000 ☀︎
Bhoi Ghogra India 63,000 ☀︎
 Bhoi Kharbind India 592,000 ☀︎
 Bhoi Kharbind Nepal 11,000 ☀︎
Bhoi Kharot India 206,000 ☀︎
Bhoi Kharot Nepal 7,000 ☀︎
 Bhoi Mallah Mewat India 702,000 ☀︎
 Bhoi Mallah Mewat Nepal 8,200 ☀︎
Bhoi Nikhad India 74,000 ☀︎
Bhoi Nikhad Nepal 2,200 ☀︎
 Bhoksa India 67,000 ☀︎
 Bhotia India 130,000
 Bhuinhar India 1,127,000 ☀︎
 Biar (Hindu traditions) India 432,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Bhumihar Nepal 18,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Bohara Nepal 1,100 ☀︎
 Brahmin Gaur India 3,525,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Gaur Nepal 7,700 ☀︎
 Brahmin Hill Nepal 3,512,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Jijhotia India 571,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Joshi India 434,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Kanaujia India 4,944,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Kanaujia Nepal 6,900 ☀︎
 Brahmin Khandelwal Nepal 2,100 ☀︎
 Brahmin Maha India 225,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Mahratta India 516,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi India 554,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi Nepal 3,200 ☀︎
 Brahmin Sanadhya India 3,119,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Saraswat India 690,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Saraswat Nepal 3,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Sawaria India 4,865,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Terai Nepal 114,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin unspecified India 39,943,000 ☀︎
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) India 52,473,000
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 352,000
 Chamar (Sikh traditions) India 1,793,000
 Chero India 182,000
 Chhetri Nepal 4,799,000
 Christian India 1,600,000
 Darjee Nepal 515,000
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) India 2,860,000 ☀︎
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 8,100 ☀︎
 Darzi (Muslim traditions) India 1,162,000 ☀︎
 Darzi (Muslim traditions) Nepal 22,000 ☀︎
Darzi Sribastab (Hindu traditions) India 142,000 ☀︎
 Dhanuk India 4,812,000 ☀︎
 Dhanuk Nepal 240,000 ☀︎
Dharhi (Muslim traditions) India 41,000 ☀︎
 Dharkar India 158,000 ☀︎
 Dharkar Nepal 2,900 ☀︎
 Dhimal Nepal 29,000
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) India 1,112,000 ☀︎
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) Nepal 7,700 ☀︎
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi India 222,000 ☀︎
Dhobi Batham India 459,000 ☀︎
 Dhobi Kanaujia India 552,000 ☀︎
Dhobi Kathiya India 121,000 ☀︎
Dhobi Mathuria India 197,000 ☀︎
 Dhobi Parit India 291,000 ☀︎
 Dhobi Sribastab India 202,000 ☀︎
 Dom (Hindu traditions) India 2,466,000
 Dom (Hindu traditions) Nepal 15,000 ☀︎
 Dom (Muslim traditions) India 207,000 ☀︎
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) Nepal 228,000 ☀︎
 Faqir India 103,000 ☀︎
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) India 5,556,000 ☀︎
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) Nepal 8,700 ☀︎
 Gadaria Dhingar India 1,356,000 ☀︎
 Gadaria Nikhad India 1,553,000 ☀︎
 Gaddi (Muslim traditions) India 496,000 ☀︎
 Gaddi (Muslim traditions) Nepal 1,100 ☀︎
 Ghosi (Muslim traditions) India 202,000 ☀︎
 Gond Dhuriya India 191,000
Gond Jetwant India 40,000
 Gond Muria India 786,000
 Gond unspecified India 11,705,000
 Goriya (Hindu traditions) India 373,000 ☀︎
 Gosain Nepal 1,900 ☀︎
 Gosain Dasnami India 464,000 ☀︎
 Gosain unspecified India 1,591,000 ☀︎
 Gujar (Hindu traditions) India 8,216,000 ☀︎
 Gujar (Muslim traditions) India 535,000 ☀︎
 Hajam India 2,276,000 ☀︎
 Hajam Nepal 40,000 ☀︎
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) India 1,657,000 ☀︎
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) Nepal 92,000 ☀︎
 Halwai (Muslim traditions) India 196,000 ☀︎
 Hela India 60,000 ☀︎
 Jat (Hindu traditions) India 18,544,000 ☀︎
 Jat (Sikh traditions) India 10,080,000 ☀︎
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) India 3,810,000 ☀︎
 Jogi (Muslim traditions) India 115,000 ☀︎
 Kachhi (Hindu traditions) India 5,703,000 ☀︎
 Kachhi Kachhwaha India 1,367,000 ☀︎
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) India 9,506,000 ☀︎
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 59,000 ☀︎
 Kahar Kamkar (Hindu traditions) India 241,000 ☀︎
 Kalabaz India 13,000 ☀︎
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) India 3,096,000 ☀︎
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 144,000
 Kalwar (Muslim traditions) India 10,000 ☀︎
Kalwar Iraqi (Muslim traditions) India 48,000 ☀︎
 Kalwar Jaiswal India 1,108,000 ☀︎
 Kalwar Jaiswal Nepal 6,200 ☀︎
 Kami Nepal 1,373,000
 Kandu India 2,712,000 ☀︎
 Kandu Nepal 140,000 ☀︎
 Kanjar (Hindu traditions) India 242,000 ☀︎
 Kanjar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 3,300 ☀︎
 Kapariya India 29,000 ☀︎
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) India 8,425,000 ☀︎
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) Nepal 49,000
Kayastha Saksena India 339,000 ☀︎
 Kayastha Sribastab India 1,090,000 ☀︎
 Kharwar India 653,000
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) India 2,586,000 ☀︎
Khatik (Muslim traditions) India 38,000 ☀︎
 Khatri (Hindu traditions) India 2,688,000 ☀︎
 Khatwa Nepal 112,000 ☀︎
 Kisan India 1,779,000
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) India 9,382,000 ☀︎
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) Nepal 335,000
 Koli (Hindu traditions) India 2,565,000 ☀︎
 Kori India 2,957,000
 Kumhar Bardiha India 743,000 ☀︎
 Kumhar Kanaujia India 585,000 ☀︎
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) India 18,279,000 ☀︎
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 69,000
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) India 21,933,000 ☀︎
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 252,000 ☀︎
 Kutana India 598,000 ☀︎
 Lodha (Hindu traditions) India 7,091,000 ☀︎
 Lodha (Hindu traditions) Nepal 37,000 ☀︎
 Lodha Jariya India 1,722,000 ☀︎
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) India 11,024,000 ☀︎
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 113,000 ☀︎
 Lohar (Muslim traditions) India 714,000 ☀︎
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) India 3,685,000 ☀︎
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) Nepal 76,000 ☀︎
 Majhi Nepal 91,000
 Majhwar India 214,000
 Mali (Hindu traditions) India 13,662,000 ☀︎
 Mali (Hindu traditions) Nepal 16,000
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) India 3,575,000 ☀︎
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) Nepal 189,000
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions) India 379,000 ☀︎
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions) Nepal 5,000 ☀︎
 Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions) India 342,000 ☀︎
 Manihar India 652,000 ☀︎
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) India 2,229,000
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 15,000 ☀︎
 Murao (Hindu traditions) India 2,779,000 ☀︎
Murao (Muslim traditions) India 73,000 ☀︎
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) India 3,586,000
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 256,000
 Nai (Hindu traditions) India 13,835,000 ☀︎
 Nai (Hindu traditions) Nepal 129,000 ☀︎
Nai Mathuria India 186,000 ☀︎
 Nat (Hindu traditions) India 582,000 ☀︎
 Nat (Hindu traditions) Nepal 3,300 ☀︎
 Nat (Muslim traditions) India 158,000 ☀︎
 Newah Nepal 1,443,000
 Oraon India 5,154,000
Pashtun Ghauri India 414,000 ☀︎
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) India 684,000 ☀︎
 Pashtun, Pathan India 10,558,000 ☀︎
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) India 6,777,000 ☀︎
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 4,300 ☀︎
Pasi Gujar India 734,000 ☀︎
 Pasi Kaithwan India 1,000,000 ☀︎
 Pasi Rajpasi India 1,531,000
 Patwa (Hindu traditions) India 297,000 ☀︎
 Pinjara India 3,787,000 ☀︎
 Qassab India 1,234,000 ☀︎
 Qazi India 832,000 ☀︎
 Qazi Nepal 11,000 ☀︎
 Rahmani (Muslim traditions) India 269,000 ☀︎
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) India 13,981,000 ☀︎
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 123,000 ☀︎
 Rajbhar Nepal 12,000
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) India 31,894,000 ☀︎
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) Nepal 42,000 ☀︎
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) India 2,258,000 ☀︎
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) Nepal 14,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Amethiya India 30,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Bachgoti India 177,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Bachhal (Hindu traditions) India 105,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) India 1,529,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Bais (Muslim traditions) India 113,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Bandhalgoti India 55,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Barwar India 72,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Bhadauria India 296,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Bhale Sultan (Hindu traditions) India 69,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) India 1,019,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Bisen (Hindu traditions) India 342,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Chandel India 389,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) India 3,474,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) Nepal 1,100 ☀︎
 Rajput Chauhan (Muslim traditions) India 351,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Chauhan (Muslim traditions) Nepal 2,100 ☀︎
 Rajput Dikhit India 304,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions) India 657,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions) India 368,000 ☀︎
Rajput Gargbansi India 40,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Gaur India 764,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Gautam (Hindu traditions) India 437,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Janjua (Hindu traditions) India 98,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Janwar India 88,000 ☀︎
Rajput Joia (Hindu traditions) India 76,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Kachhwaha India 814,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Kalhans India 80,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Kanhpuriya India 61,000 ☀︎
Rajput Manihas (Hindu traditions) India 292,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Palwar India 59,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Parihar India 457,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) India 1,466,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Ponwar (Muslim traditions) Nepal 1,300 ☀︎
 Rajput Raikwar India 91,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) India 528,000 ☀︎
Rajput Rajkumar India 115,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) India 1,624,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Sakarwar (Hindu traditions) India 231,000 ☀︎
Rajput Salehria (Hindu traditions) India 124,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Sengar India 460,000 ☀︎
Rajput Sirnet India 61,000 ☀︎
Rajput Sombansi (Hindu traditions) India 392,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Surajbansi India 298,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Tonwar (Hindu traditions) India 521,000 ☀︎
 Rangrez (Muslim traditions) India 355,000 ☀︎
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) India 1,607,000
 Rawat India 893,000 ☀︎
 Rayeen (Muslim traditions) India 1,115,000 ☀︎
 Satnami India 2,031,000
 Sayyid India 9,135,000 ☀︎
 Sayyid Nepal 72,000 ☀︎
 Shaikh Nepal 893,000 ☀︎
 Shaikh Qureshi India 9,407,000 ☀︎
 Shaikh Siddiqi India 8,664,000 ☀︎
 Shaikh unspecified India 82,690,000 ☀︎
 Shershabdia (Muslim traditions) India 40,000 ☀︎
Sikligar (Muslim traditions) India 53,000 ☀︎
 Silpkar (Hindu traditions) India 1,059,000
 Silpkar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 66,000 ☀︎
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) India 9,601,000 ☀︎
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 72,000
Sonar Ajudhyabansi India 120,000 ☀︎
Sonar Bawaria India 37,000 ☀︎
Sonar Bhojpuria India 36,000 ☀︎
Sonar Chhatri India 136,000 ☀︎
Sonar Choralia India 37,000 ☀︎
Sonar Mair India 89,000 ☀︎
Sonar Rastaogi India 79,000 ☀︎
Sonar Tejania India 37,000 ☀︎
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) India 2,172,000 ☀︎
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) Nepal 88,000 ☀︎
 Tawaif (Muslim traditions) India 129,000 ☀︎
 Teli (Hindu traditions) India 21,850,000 ☀︎
 Teli (Hindu traditions) Nepal 403,000
 Teli (Muslim traditions) India 1,948,000 ☀︎
 Teli (Muslim traditions) Nepal 1,900 ☀︎
Teli Sribastab India 345,000 ☀︎
Thakuria Nepal 2,700 ☀︎
 Tharu India 530,000
Valmiki (Christian traditions) India 121,000
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) India 5,599,000 ☀︎
Valmiki (Muslim traditions) India 205,000 ☀︎
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) India 47,216,000 ☀︎
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) Nepal 1,164,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Dhindhor India 1,751,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Dhindhor Nepal 17,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Ghosi India 1,799,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Gola India 5,583,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) India 5,527,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Jadubans India 708,000 ☀︎
Yadav Kamariha India 477,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Kaonra India 770,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Kaonra Nepal 3,300 ☀︎
Yadav Nandbans India 547,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Rawat India 1,634,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Rawat Nepal 10,000 ☀︎
  Totals:  347     343

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

Dialects
Badi
Bagheli
Bihar
Gangapari
Mirzapuri
Pardesi
Uttari

Dialect Alternate Names
Ambodh
Awadhi: Tharu
AwadhiTharu
Tharu


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