Brij Bhasha (
Devanagari: ब्रज भाषा) (
Gurmukhi: ਬ੍ਰਜ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ), also called
Braj Bhasha (बृज भाषा, ਬ੍ਰਿਜ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ),
Braj Bhakha (ब्रज भाखा, ਬ੍ਰਜ ਭਾਖਾ), or
Dehaati Zabaan (देहाती ज़बान, ਦੇਹਾਤੀ ਜ਼ਬਾਨ, 'country tongue',), is a
Western Hindi language closely related to
Hindustani. In fact, it is usually considered to be a dialect of
Western Hindi, and along with
Awadhi (a variety of Eastern Hindi) was one of the two predominant literary languages of North-Central India before the switch to Hindustani (
Khariboli) in the 19th century.