Haryanvi | Ethnologue

A language of India

ISO 639: bgc
Alternate Names: Bangaru, Banger, Bangri, Bangru, Chamarwa, Desari, Hariani, Hariyani, Haryani, Jatu
Autonym: हरियाणवी‎ (Hariyāṇvī)
Population: 9,810,000 in India (2011 census). Ethnic population: 16,000,000 (1992 SIL). Total users in all countries: 9,810,900 (as L1: 9,810,890; as L2: 10).
Location:: Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh states; Delhi.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Western Hindi, Unclassified
Dialects: Bangaru Proper, Deswali, Khadar. Good intelligibility among dialects, but Haryanvi is not intelligible with Hindi [hin]. Reportedly most similar to Braj Bhasha [bra]. Lexical similarity: 92% among dialects.
Language Use: Home, religion. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Also use English [eng]. Also use Hindi [hin], with proficiency higher among the educated.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 55% in Hindi [hin]. Grammar. NT: 2017.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Haryanvi
Writing: Devanagari script [Deva].
Other Comments: Khadar used by speakers in Jind to refer to the speech of Rohtak and Sonipat. Hindu, Muslim.

Location: Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh states; Delhi.