Braj in India

Speakers

1,556,314

Type

Location

Braj in India

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Braj in India

Size

1,556,314

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
Yes
Administrative units of the country
Northern India

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials
Digital
Yes
Comments
Research papers, dictionary, Grammar, Literature etc.

Gupta, D. (1974). Brajbhasha Soor-kos Part -1. Vishvavidalay Hindi Prakashan, Lucknow. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.345937/page/n11/mode/2up

Shukl ', R., ' Rasal' , & Mishra, S. B. (1947). Aadhunik Brajbhasha Kavya (p. 196). Saraswati Prakashan Mandir, Allahabad. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.287187

Sharma, C. D. P., & Mishra, V. N. et al. (1985). साहित्यिक ब्रजभाषा कोष (p. 1206). Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan, Lucknow. https://archive.org/details/xtzP_sahityik-brajbhasha-kosh-of-chaturvedi-dwaraka-prasad-sharma-with-dr.-vidya-niva

Singh, K. D. (1956). Brajbhasha Banam Khariboli (p. 345). Vinod Pustak. https://archive.org/details/BrajbhashaBanamKhariboli-Dr.KapilDevSingh

Tandan, P. N. (1950). Braj Bhasha Sur Khosh Part 1. Lucknow University. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.483617

Verma, D. (1954). Brajbhasha Vyaakran (p. 138). Ram Narayan Lal, Allahabad. https://archive.org/details/BrajbhashaVyaakranByDhirendarVerma

https://mycoaching.in/braj-bhasha
https://omansaubhari.wordpress.com/2017/12/07/learn-brajbhasha-vocabulary/

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Video

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials
Digital
Yes
Comments
Introduction of language, literature, movies, songs, classes etc.

https://archive.org/details/HindSwaraj-BEK-53
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=brajbhasha+movie
https://www.facebook.com/RadioMadhuban/videos/baatein-mulakatein-603-braj-bhasha-kavya-paat-radio-madhuban/1555990348120428/
https://globalrecordings.net/en/language/bra
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mSkOKU97s_c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87c6zBJ_rEs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzmGr9rxCsg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ2I-4sqb-g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkJkOYZ4Gas

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Audio

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials
Digital
Yes
Comments
https://www.languageshome.com/English-Braj_Bhasha.htm

https://globalrecordings.net/en/language/bra

https://liveradios.in/all-india-radio-mathura.html

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Documentation: descriptions

  • Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
  • Dictionaries and grammars
  • Dictionary and grammar
  • Glossary and descriptions
  • Few descriptions
  • No descriptions
Digital
Yes
Comments
Literature, Grammar, Dictionary, History etc.

Chaube, N. D. (1999). Aadhunik brajbhasha kavya me raasvarnan [Doctoral Dissertation, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda]. http://hdl.handle.net/10603/59160

Dixit, S. P. (2019). Braj Sanskriti Vishvakosh (Chaturth Khand) Braj Bhasha Literature and Folk Literature. Vrindavan Research Institute.

Kumar , V. (2012). Braj_bhasha kavya mein nikujj_leela ka swaroop [Doctoral Dissertation, Aligarh Muslim University]. http://hdl.handle.net/10603/161401

SHARMA, R. S. (2019). BRAJ BHASHA KE RASLEELA SAHITYA KA ADHYAN. Shree Natraj Prakashan.

Sharma, A. (1975). Braj_bhasha kavya mein nikujj_leela ka swaroop [Doctoral Dissertation, Aligarh Muslim University]. http://hdl.handle.net/10603/55990

Upadhyay, K. (2023). Braj Bhasha Sahitaya Mein Ashtyam Kavya. Vrindavan Research Institute.

Verma, D. (1955). Madhu Manjri. Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Madras.

Verma, D. (1953). Reetkaleen kavita evam sharangar ras ka vivechan. Saraswati Pustak Sadan, Agra.

More Materials can be found in the following sites:

https://archive.org/search?query=Brajbhasha&page=2
https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/simple-search?query=Brajbhasha&go=
https://rajasthanbrijbhashaacademy.com/product/learn-guitar/
https://www.exoticindiaart.com/find?groups=&q=brajbhasha
https://rajasthanbrijbhashaacademy.com/

Standardization

  • Modern standard language
  • Young standard language
  • Standardised language
  • Quasi-standard language
  • Semi-standardised language
  • Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

  • Standardised writing system with full script encoding
  • Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
  • Consistent writing system with no script encoding
  • Unsystematic writing system(s)
  • Limited written use
  • No written use
Comments
https://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=language_detail&key=bra

4. Users

Geographical distribution

  • Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
  • Users live in one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
  • Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

  • Rural
  • Urban
Administrative units of the country
Uttar Pradesh & Rajasthan

Size / Number of users

Number of users

1556314
Source
Census of India
Year
2011

Users within total population

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

Generational use

Educational attainment

Occupational qualifications

Language competence

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope
  • International
  • Supranational
  • Cross-border (states)
  • State-wide
  • Supra-regional cross-border
  • Supra-regional
  • Regional cross-border
  • Regional
  • Local
Source
https://www.langlex.com/cens/MTProfile.php?mtname=Brajbhasha

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration
  • International level
  • National level
  • Regional level
  • Local level
  • Auxiliary use
  • No use

Types of language use

  • signed / spoken use
  • written use
  • digital use

Ethnoculture

  • No use
  • Informal learning
  • Skills and knowledge
  • Performing arts
  • Social practices
  • Customary law
  • Traditional medicine
  • Knowledge and practices
  • Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Early childhood education
Primary level
Lower secondary level
Higher secondary level
Tertiary level

Public healthcare

  • Language not used
  • Translations
  • Healthcare information
  • Nursing care (incl. elderly)
  • Doctor-patient communication
  • Generally used

Information, communication and cultural production

  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used
  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used
  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used
  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used
  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used

Legal system

Areas of law the language is used

  • Criminal law
  • Civil law
  • Administrative law

Geographical scope of legal language use

  • Local
  • Regional
  • National
  • International

Completion