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Sadhukkari (Devanagari: सधुक्कड़ी) was a vernacular dialect of the Hindi Belt of medieval North India, and a mix of Hindustani, Haryanvi, Braj Bhasha, Awadhi, Marwari, Bhojpuri and Punjabi, hence it is also commonly called a Panchmel Khichri. Since it is simpler, it is used in adult literacy books or early literacy books.

It is common variant of Hindi and finds place in the oral tradition and the writings of medieval poets and saints in Hindi Literature like Kabir and Guru Nanak. Other poets like Mirabai, Baba Farid, and Shah Latif used it in addition to local variations of Rajasthani, Punjabi and Sindhi languages.

The term "Sadhukkari" was coined by Ramchandra Shukla (1884-1941), and not all scholars agree with the use of this term, or the identity of the languages which it covers.

See also

• Sant Bhasha

References

1. Hindi Literature
2. ^ Amiya Dev; Sisir Kumar Das (1989). Comparative literature: theory and practice. Indian Institute of Advanced Study in association with Allied Publishers. p. 110. ISBN 8170230179.
3. Sushama Merh-Ashraf (2004). Adult education in India: search for a paradigm. Sunrise Publications. p. 186. ISBN 8187365129.
4. Hindi Literature
5. Robert W. Stevenson (1994). Hermeneutical paths to the sacred worlds of India: essays in honour of Robert W. Stevenson. Scholars Press. p. 232. ISBN 1555409520.
6. David N. Lorenzen (1991). Kabir Legends and Ananta-Das's Kabir Parachai. SUNY Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-7914-0461-4.

• Central Indo-Aryan languages
• Languages of Uttar Pradesh
• Languages written in Devanagari