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Dialects of Hindi: Marwari, MAP Braj, map, Bundeli, map, Kanauji, map, Urdu, map, Chattisgarhi, map, Bagheli, map, Avadhi, map, Bhojpuri map, <!-- Eastern Hindi http://www.acts.edu/images/96.gif , Harauti http://www.acts.edu/images/1465.gif Bihari http://www.acts.edu/images/indiah22.jpg Nimadi http://www.acts.edu/indiahist5.htm Rajastani http://www.acts.edu/images/indiah33.jpg <A HREF=http://www.sil.org/ethnologue/countries/Inda.html#MKP> Maithili</a>, --> and many others. It is not easy to delimit the borders of the Hindi speaking region. There has been considerable controversy on the status of Punjabi and Maithili, map . Sometimes they are regarded to be independent languages and sometimes dialects of Hindi. A 1997 survey found that 66% of all Indians can speak Hindi, and 77% of the Indians regard Hindi as "one language across the nation".
Brief History of Hindi: Hindi started to emerge as Apabhramsha in the 7th cent. and by the 10 cent. became stable. Several dialects of Hindi have been used in literature. Braj was the popular literary dialect until it was replaced by khari boli in the 19th century.
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