Khariboli, also known as
Khari Boli or simply
Khari,
Dehlavi,
Kauravi, and
Vernacular Hindustani, is the
prestige dialect of
Hindustani, of which
Standard Hindi and
Standard Urdu are
standard registers and literary styles, which are the principal official languages of India and Pakistan respectively. The term "Khariboli" has, however, been used for any literary dialect, including
Braj Bhasa and
Awadhi. As a dialect of Hindustani, Khariboli is a part of the Western group of the
Central Zone (Hindi Zone) of
Indo-Aryan languages. It is spoken mainly in India in the rural area surrounding
Delhi,
Western Uttar Pradesh, southern
Uttarakhand, and
Rajasthan.