Sadhukkari (Devanagari: सधुक्कड़ी) was a vernacular dialect of medieval India, and a mix of Hindustani (in the form of Hindi), Braj Bhasha, Awadhi, Marwari and Bhojpuri, hence it is also commonly called a Panchmel Khichri.^[1][2] Since it is simpler, it is used in adult literacy books or early literacy books.^[3][4][2]

It finds place in the oral tradition and the writings of medieval poets and saints like Kabir and Guru Nanak.^[5] Poets like Kabirdas, Mirabai, Baba Farid, and Shah Latif, etc. used it in addition to local variations of Bhojpuri, Maithili, Rajasthani, Pahari-Pothwari, Pahari-Kinnauri, Punjabi, Saraiki, Hindko, Sindhi, Gujarati and Marathi languages.^[2]

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.^[6]

See also

• Sant Bhasha
• Sadhu Bhasha

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