Hindi is not our national language but in spite of that, it has played a big role in allowing our citizens to communicate and participate in cultural exchange - just like English has.1/n
The "standard Hindi" we speak today is technically called "Manak Hindi" which was heavily drawn from the Khariboli dialect spoken in Delhi, West UP, and parts of Haryana (Rohilkhand region). This dialect was also called as "Kauravi" or "Dehlavi" in the past. 2/n
It is this dialect that gave birth to both Hindi and Urdu.
India is a dialect continuum meaning there are no discrete dialects - they vary like liquid merging and mixing - so categorizing dialects will always be approximate. 3/n
Yet if we try to see if a linguistic history exists or not between Hindi and the dialect, we see that some dialects like Haryanvi, Awadhi, Kannauji - all are indeed linguistic dialects - all evolving from Western Shauraseni Prakrit. 4/n
Then, there are "dialects" which actually do not share the same parent as Hindi but are still referred to as her dialects. 5/n
For example, Bhojpuri and Magahi are all related closer to Bengali, Odia, and Assamese and not Hindi (as they originate from Magadhi Prakrit and not Shauraseni Prakrit)
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Similarly, Rajasthani languages like Marwari and Mewari are closer to Gujarati than they are to Hindi. Pahari languages also like Garhwali, Kumaoni, Kangri, Kullavi are all closer to Eastern Pahadi (like Nepali) than they are to Hindi.
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Urdu also is a separate language for political reasons,more related to Hindi structurally than several dialects of Hindi are to Hindi. If one allows Urdu to be considered a dialect of Hindi -even her dialects like Rekhta and Dakini could be considered to be Hindi's dialects 8/n
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