Haryanvi
A language of India
| Population | 13,000,000 (1992 SIL). 107,000 Haryanvi proper (1997). Ethnic population: 16,000,000 (1992 SIL). |
| Region | Haryana; Rajasthan; Punjab; Karnataka; Delhi; Himachal Pradesh; Uttar Pradesh. |
| Alternate names | Bangaru, Banger, Bangri, Bangru, Chamarwa, Desari, Hariani, Hariyani, Haryani, Jatu |
| Dialects | Bangaru Proper, Deswali, Khadar. Good intelligibility among dialects, but Haryanvi is not intelligible with Hindi. Most similar to Braj Bhasha [bra]. Lexical similarity: 92% among dialects. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Western Hindi, Unclassified |
| Language use | Home, religion. All ages. Positive attitude. Also use Hindi. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 55% Hindi. Dictionary. Bible portions: 2001. |
| Writing system | Devanagari script. |
| Comments | ‘Bangru’ now used for speakers in Jind area; ‘Khadar’ used by speakers in Jind to refer to the speech of Rohtak and Sonipat. Hindu, Muslim. |
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