Bagri | |
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बागड़ी | |
Native to | |
Region | Bagar |
Ethnicity | Bagri |
Native speakers | 8,556,652 (2011 census)[1] |
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.Bagri is a community originating from Rajasthan and is also connected with the Chauhan Rajputs. Nowadays, these people are often referred to as "Kumar." Here are some castes related to the Chauhan Rajputs: Kargwal, Taak/Tak, Nirania, Sangwal, and Labardar, Damiwal.
According to the 2011 Census, there are 234,227 speakers of Bagri Rajasthani and 1,656,588 speakers of Punjabi Bagri.[5]
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Bagri distinguishes 31 consonants including a retroflex series, 10 vowels, 2 diphthongs, and 3 tones.
Labial | Dental | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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plosive | Voiceless | p | t | ʈ ⟨ṭ⟩ | c | k | |
Aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | ʈʰ ⟨ṭh⟩ | cʰ | kʰ | ||
Voiced | b | d | ɖ ⟨ḍ⟩ | ɟ ⟨j⟩ | g | ||
Breathy | bʰ | dʰ | ɖʰ ⟨ḍh⟩ | ɟʰ ⟨jh⟩ | gʰ | ||
fricative | s | h | |||||
sonorant | Nasal | m | n | ɳ ⟨ṇ⟩ | |||
Approximant | l | ɭ ⟨ḷ⟩ | j ⟨y⟩ | w | |||
Flap | ɽ ⟨ṛ⟩ | ||||||
Trill | r |
/ɳ/, /ɭ/ and /ɽ/ do not occur word initially.
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | iː ⟨ī⟩ | uː ⟨ū⟩ | |
Near-close | ɪ ⟨i⟩ | ʊ ⟨u⟩ | |
Close-mid | eː ⟨e⟩ | ə ⟨a⟩ | oː ⟨o⟩ |
Open-mid | ɛː ⟨ai⟩ | ɔː ⟨au⟩ | |
Open | aː ⟨ā⟩ |
All vowels have their nasalised counterpart, marked with ◌̃ (ँ in Devanagari).
Bagri has 3 tones in a similar way to the Punjabi language. A rising-falling tone ◌́, a rising tone ◌̀, and an unmarked mid tone.[10]
तेरो
Tero
नाम
nām
के
ke
है
hai
What is your name?
किन्नै
kinne
जावै
jāve
है?
hai
Where are you going?
इन्नै /उरने
inne
आ
ā
Come here
क्यूकर
kyūkara
है?
hai
How are you?
तन्नै
tannai
कुचरणीं
kučaraṇīṃ
ही
hī
करनी
karni
है
hai
के?
ke
Do you only want to disturb things?
बातां
bātāṃ
गा
gā
पीसा
pīsā
लागै
lāgai
है.
hai
Talking costs money.
के
ke
करे
kare
है?
ha
What are you doing?
रोळो
rollo
है
ha
के
ke
कोई
koī
तेरै
terai
Do you have any problem?
तू
too
कठै
kathai
गयैड़ो
gayairo
हो
ho
Where did you go?
कठैउं / कडूं
kaṭhū
आण
ān
लाग
lāga
रह्यो
rahyo
है?
ha
Where are you coming from?
भांडा
bhanda
Utensils
घोड़ो
Ghodo
होव
hov
जिओं
jiya
Like a horse
कोजवाड़
kojwād
Embarrassing.
ब्या
bayha
मे
mai
कुण
kun
आयो
aayo
Who came in the marriage?
टाबरो
tabaro
के
ke
करो
karo
हो
ho
What are you doing kids?
गंडक
gandak
Dog
There are two varieties of Bagri, Bagri Rajasthani and Bagri Punjabi. During the census, Bagri Rajasthani, spoken in Haryana and Rajasthan, is considered a Hindi dialect while Bagri Punjabi, spoken in Punjab, is considered a Punjabi dialect.[11]
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