Awadhis
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The Awadhi people are speakers of the Awadhi dialect of Hindi. They live in Awadh
in India, as well as Nepal. 2.4% of Nepalis are Awadhi-speakers, mostly from Terai
region.
Awadh
Awadh , also known in various British historical texts as Oudh or Oude derived from Ayodhya, is a region in the centre of the modern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which was before independence known as the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh...
in India, as well as Nepal. 2.4% of Nepalis are Awadhi-speakers, mostly from Terai
Terai
The Terai is a belt of marshy grasslands, savannas, and forests located south of the outer foothills of the Himalaya, the Siwalik Hills, and north of the Indo-Gangetic Plain of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and their tributaries. The Terai belongs to the Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands ecoregion...
region.