Bagri language
The Bagri (बागड़ी / باگڑی) is a language that forms a dialect bridge between Haryanvi, Rajasthani, and Punjabi and takes its name from the Bagar tract region of Northwestern India in the states of Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana. The speakers are mostly in India, with a minority of them in Bahawalpur and Bahwalnagar areas in modern day Pakistan.
| Bagri | |
|---|---|
| बागड़ी, باگری | |
The word "Bagri" written in Devanagari script | |
| Native to |
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| Region | Bagar |
| Ethnicity | Bagri |
Native speakers | 8,556,652 (2011 census) |
Indo-European
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Writing system | Devanagari, Arabic script |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | Haryana, Punjab |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bgq |
| Glottolog | bagr1243 |
Bagri is a typical Indo-Aryan language akin to Haryanvi, Punjabi and Rajasthani with SOV word order. The most striking phonological feature of Bagri is the presence of three lexical tones: high, mid, and low, akin to Punjabi. The language has a very high (65%) lexical similarity with Haryanvi.
According to the 2011 Census, there are 234,227 speakers of Bagri Rajasthani and 1,656,588 speakers of Punjabi Bagri.