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Dakhini (Urdu: دکنی‎) also spelled Dakkhani and Deccani arose as a Muslim court language of the Deccan Plateau ca. 1300 AD in ways similar to Urdu. It is similar to Urdu in its influence from Persian with a Hindi base but differs because of the strong influence of Arabic Persian Konkani Marathi Telugu and Kannada spoken in the states of Maharashtra Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. This dialect has a rich and extensive literary heritage.

ISO 639-3 code
dcc
family
Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Aryan languages, Hindi languages
spoken in
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Deccan Plateau, Kerala, Goa

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