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  1. Member of the Indo-Iranian branch of the
  2. Indo-European language family, closely
  3. related to Hindi and Urdu and originating in
  4. the bazaars of Delhi. It is a lingua franca
  5. in many parts of the Republic of India. It
  6. was the contact language during the British
  7. Raj between many of the British in India and
  8. the native Indians. It is sometimes known as
  9. Bazaar Hindi.
  10.