Bagri | |
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बागड़ी | |
![]() The word "Bagri" written in Devanagari script | |
Native to | |
Region | Bagar |
Ethnicity | Bagri |
Native speakers | 8,556,652 (2011 census)[1] |
Devanagari, Arabic script | |
Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | Haryana, Punjab |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bgq |
Glottolog | bagr1243 |
The Bagri (बागड़ी) is 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.[3] The speakers are mostly in India, with a minority of them in Bahawalpur and Bahwalnagar areas in modern day Pakistan.
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.[4] The language has a very high (65%) lexical similarity with Haryanvi.Bagri is a community originating from Rajasthan and is also connected with the Chauhan Rajputs. Nowadays, these people are often referred to as "Kumar." Here are some castes related to the Chauhan Rajputs: Kargwal, Taak/Tak, Nirania, Sangwal, and Labardar, Damiwal.
According to the 2011 Census, there are 234,227 speakers of Bagri Rajasthani and 1,656,588 speakers of Punjabi Bagri.[5]