Talk:Braj Bhasha

message: In the Categories section on the bottom, Braj should be listed as a 'Dialect of Hindi' rather than a 'Dialect of Urdu'.  It is officially and popularly considered part of the Hindi canon, not the Urdu canon. --Foreverknowledge (talk) 23:15, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It is, but Urdu was added as well, by an IP.  Removed.  — kwami (talk) 01:13, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
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message: Braj Bhasha is also viewed as a Urdu dialect,
Source: also viewed as a dialect of Urdu,
:Dawn is a news site, but certainly not a reliable source for linguistic topics. –Austronesier (talk) 19:05, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a news site, but it's added the information, with the linguists topics, so it's reliable. 39.51.110.120 (talk) 19:08, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: No, I agree with Austronesier.  The dawn.com article says "The information is based on some books and www.ethnologue.com" ; ethnologue does not say that it can be classified as an Urdu dialect. About Braj Bhasha, it says "Muhammad Hussain Azad had opined in Aab-i-hayat that Urdu had developed from Brij Bhasha spoken in the areas around Agra and Mathura"; Muhammad Hussain Azad was an author, not a linguistic scholar, and he lived more than 100 years ago. The dawn.com article cannot be used as a source for this information. --bonadea contributions talk 19:13, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Read dawn's post title carefully, "https://www.dawn.com › ... › Karachi
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literary notes: Some dialects of Urdu: a very brief introduction - Dawn" 39.51.110.120 (talk) 19:17, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

text: The dawn.com article is not a reliable source for this information, regardless of what its title is.  --bonadea contributions talk 19:21, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: The ethnologue.com is also saying that, but first we should pay for reading it 39.51.110.120 (talk) 19:33, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: No, the information in Ethnologue is free and crystal clear:. Braj does not belong to Hindi-Urdu-Hindustani. –Austronesier (talk) 19:38, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, the language profile for Braj Bhasha at https://www.ethnologue.com/language/bra/23 (which I have access to, through my university library) says "Braj Bhasha is usually considered a dialect of Hindi [hin], and was the predominant literary language before the switch to Hindi in the 19th century."  It is a little peculiar that it would say "usually considered a dialect of Hindi" given that the language tree does not place BB below Hindi, but I think that is simply a matter of phrasing, that "considered" refers to unproved speculation. The relevant point is that Ethnologue does not say that it is ever considered a dialect of Urdu. --bonadea contributions talk 19:46, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Usage of the term "Hindi" is quite flexible, cf. Hindi (disambiguation). Present-day Braj speakers usually self-identify as Hindi-speakers in the wider sense, and use Modern Standard Hindi as their literary language, since their own old literary tradition has largely discontinued in favor of Hindustani-based Hindi. –Austronesier (talk) 20:00, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

text:  Well, I am not lying, I really watched this type of something - 39.51.110.120 (talk) 19:56, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
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