Haryanvi language

Haryanvi
हरियाणवी
The word "Hariyāṇavī" written in Devanagari script
Native toHaryana and Delhi
RegionIndia, Pakistan[a]
EthnicityHaryanvi people
Native speakers
10 million (2011)[1]
Devanagari, Nastaliq[a]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bgc
Glottologhary1238
Distribution of native Haryanvi speakers in India

Haryanvi (हरियाणवी or हरयाणवी), also called Bangru and Jatu,[2][3] is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Indian state of Haryana and the territory of Delhi.[4] Haryanvi is considered to be part of the dialect group of Western Hindi, which also includes Khariboli and Braj. It is written in the Devanagari script.[5]

The Rangri dialect of Haryanvi of the Ranghar community is still spoken by Muhajir emigres in the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh though has become within Haryana itself. The dialect is written in the Nastaliq variant of the Arabic script.[6]


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  1. ^ Haryanvi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Keith Brown (24 November 2005). Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. Elsevier Science. ISBN 0080547842.
  3. ^ Shagufta Bano, Zahida Habib, Muhammad Suhail (2014). "Rivalry of Iranian Littérateurs against Persian Poets of India: Its effect on Evolution of Classical Literature of India". South Asian Studies. journals.pu.edu.pk: 157. The actual language here is Haryanvi that is called Bangru and Jatu with a slight difference.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Thapliyal, Uma Prasad (1987). Gazetteer of Rural Delhi. Gazetteer Unit, Delhi Administration. pp. 37, 38. The Bangru is spoken in the north and north west of rural Delhi comprising villages of Alipur and Khanjhawala blocks and it bears affinity to the dialect used in adjoining Rohtak and Sonipat districts.
  5. ^ Haryanvi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  6. ^ Mehami, Hazrat Shah Muhammad Ramzan (c. 1825). عقائدِ عظیم [Aqaid-e-azim] (in Haryanvi).

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