Bagri language

Bagri
Bagri
बागड़ी
	The word "Bagri" written in Devanagari script
Native to	India, Pakistan;
Region	Bagar
Ethnicity	Bagri
Native speakers	8,556,652 (2011 census)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Western Rajasthani Bagri; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	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.

According to the 2011 Census, there are 234,227 speakers of Bagri Rajasthani and 1,656,588 speakers of Punjabi Bagri.^[5]

^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
^ https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/18895/GIPE-070453.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y%7CBagri is classified under Rajasthani language since census 1931 according to Government of India which is available in the provided official pdf
^ "Revised Land and Revenue Settlement of Hisar District 9006-9011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
^ Gusain 2000, p. 14.
^ Census of India 2011