Haryanvi
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A language of India
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Bangaru, Banger, Bangri, Bangru, Chamarwa, Desari, Hariani, Hariyani, Haryani, Jatu
Population
8,000,000 (2001 census). Ethnic population: 16,000,000 (1992 SIL).
Location
Haryana; Rajasthan; Punjab; Karnataka; Delhi; Himachal Pradesh; Uttar Pradesh.
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Language Status
6a (Vigorous).
Dialects
Bangaru Proper, Deswali, Khadar. Good intelligibility among dialects, but Haryanvi is not intelligible with Hindi. Reportedly most similar to Braj Bhasha [bra]. Lexical similarity: 92% among dialects.
Language Use
Home, religion. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Hindi [hin].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 55% in Hindi [hin]. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 2001.
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Writing
Devanagari script [Deva].
Khadar used by speakers in Jind to refer to the speech of Rohtak and Sonipat. Hindu, Muslim.