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Sadhukadi

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Sadhukaddi, is a vernacular dialect of Hindi/ Hindustani, a popular language of medieval North India, which is a mix of Hindi (Braj Bhasha, Awadhi, Bhojpuri), Punjabi and Marwari (Rajasthani), hence it is also commonly called a Panchmail Khichadi. Since it is simpler, it is used in adult literacy books or early literacy books.

It is common variant of Hindi and finds place in the oral tradition and the writings of medieval poets and saints in Hindi Literature like Kabir and Guru Nanak, other poets like Mirabai and Baba Farid and Shah Latif used to it further local variations of Rajasthani, Punjabi and Sindhi languages.

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Sadhukadi Wikipedia