# Kashika Language

Kashika Language is the language of Kashi (Varanasi) and it's neighbouring regions like Chandauli, Ghazipur, parts of Jaunpur, Mau, Azamgarh, Chunar, Sonbhadra etc. Rahul Sankrityayan has suggested two names for it i.e. Mallika or Malli (due to ancient tribe of Malla) and Kashiki (due to ancient Kashi).
It is closely related to languages such as Bhojpuri,Awadhi, Mallika.
Banarasi and Kashiki is a other name for Kashika Language, named after Banaras.
People of Kashi region tried to promote their Kashika Language by making Documentary about their Kashika Language.The first collection of poets is Kashika. According to historical information, Swami Ramanandacharya is the first poet of Kashika language. Along with his creation, more than two hundred compositions of 37 poets of the last seven hundred years are imprisoned in this book. In which there are compositions of Bharatendu Harishchandra, Chakachak Banarasi, Kailash Gautam, Dharmsheel Chaturvedi as well as young poets. Regarding the book, Dr. Ajay Shankar Pandey, Sudama Tiwari, Ramanand Tiwari, Hariram Dwivedi, Home Guards (District Commandant) Kripa Shankar Pandey, Abhinav Arun expressed their views. Vashishtha Muni Ojha read the role of the book. Dr. Jitendranath Mishra conducted the vote and the vote of thanks was done by Dharmendra Gupta Sahil. According to the linguistic family, Kashika is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in and around Varanasi. It mainly depends on Sanskrit, Hindi and Awadhi for its vocabulary. Kashika language is spoken by about 50 million people in India. The extension of Kashika language is from the western part of the Bhojpuri language speaking area to the Awadhi language area. Thus it comes under the eastern branch in the Indian language branch. The place of development of Kashika is Varanasi, which is also known as Kashi, hence the name of this language became popular due to naming according to the particular place. The spread of Kashika language extends from the boundary of Bhojpuri speaking area in the east to the boundary of Awadhi language in the west. Mainly Kashika Linguistic Districts- Varanasi, Mirzapur, Chandauli, Azamgarh, Ghazipur, Jaunpur etc.
Kashi Vishwanath Corridor: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and language have a very common relationship. In the area where Modi goes, he tries to communicate with the people in the local language. Even if they do not know the language, they speak at least one or two sentences in that language. At the beginning of the speech, he first captivates the audience by communicating in the Regional language and then by batting loudly, conveys his message to them. Inaugurating Kashi Vishwanath Dham, Modi interacted with the people in Kashi's special Kashika language. The audience responded with loud applause to Modi's speech. What is the history of Kashika language? This is the language spoken in Kashi. Hence the name of this language was Kashika. It is an Aryan language. It is also called Kashika or Banarasi language. Kashika language is a mixture of Awadhi and Bhojpuri languages. How many people speak this language? Although Kashika language is confined to Purvanchal, yet it is spoken by more than 5 crore people across the country. The people of Kashi live anywhere in the country, but communicate only in the local language Kashika at home.