Editing Awadhi language (section)

=== Outside South Asia ===
{{further|Fiji Hindi|Caribbean Hindustani}}
A language influenced by Awadhi (as well as other languages) is also spoken as a ''lingua franca'' for [[Indo-Fijians|Indians]] in [[Fiji]] and is referred to as [[Fiji Hindi|Fijian Hindi]]. According to ''[[Ethnologue]]'', it is a type of Awadhi influenced by [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] and is also classified as Eastern-Hindi.<ref>{{e25|hif|Fiji Hindi}}</ref> [[Caribbean Hindustani]] spoken by [[Indo-Caribbeans|Indians]] in [[Suriname]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]], and [[Guyana]] is based on Bhojpuri and partly on Awadhi. The Hindustani that is spoken in [[South Africa]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mesthrie|first=Rajend|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aIivedw-oZYC&q=awadhi|title=Language and Social History: Studies in South African Sociolinguistics|date=1995|publisher=New Africa Books|isbn=978-0-86486-280-8|language=en}}</ref> and the Bhojpuri spoken in [[Mauritius]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Awadhi language|url=https://omniglot.com/writing/awadhi.htm|access-date=17 December 2020|website=omniglot.com}}</ref> is also partly influenced by Awadhi.