| Bagri | |
|---|---|
| बागड़ी | |
 The word "Bagri" written inDevanagari script | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Bagar |
| Ethnicity | Rajasthani |
Native speakers | 8,556,652 (2011 census)[1] |
| Devanagari, | |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bgq |
| Glottolog | bagr1243 |
 Map Bagar Region | |
Bagri (IPA:[baːɡɽiː]) is anIndo-Aryan language ofRajasthani languages group that takes its name from theBagar tract region ofNorthwestern India in the states ofRajasthan,Punjab andHaryana.[3] It is closely related to otherRajasthanic languages andHaryanvi withSOVword order. The most strikingphonological feature of Bagri is the presence of three lexicaltones: high, mid, and low, akin to Rajasthani, Haryanvi, andPunjabi. Bagri is a language of earlierBikaner state which included districtSri Ganganagar,Hanumangarh,Churu,Bikaner of Rajasthan andSirsa (Haryana),Hisar (Haryana),Fazilka (Punjab) at a point in time.
The speakers are mostly inIndia, with a minority of them inBahawalpur andBahawalnagar areas in modern dayPakistan, and with a majority speaker in rania,sirsa(haryana), in jaj colony. According to the2011 census of India, there are 234,227 speakers of Bagri in Rajasthan and 1,656,588 speakers of Bagri in Punjab and Haryana.[4]
| States | Districts and tehsils |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan |
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| Punjab |
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| Haryana |
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Bagri distinguishes 31 consonants including aretroflex series, 10 vowels, 2 diphthongs, and 3 tones.
| Labial | Dental | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 theirnasalised counterpart, marked with ◌̃ (ँ in Devanagari).
Bagri has 3 tones in a similar way to thePunjabi language. A rising-falling tone ◌́, a rising tone ◌̀, and an unmarked mid tone.[9]
रोळो
rollo
है
ha
के
ke
कोई
koī
तेरै
terai
रोळो है के कोई तेरै
rollo ha ke koī terai
Do you have any problem?
तू
too
कठै
kithe
गयैड़ो
gayairo
हो
a
तू कठै गयैड़ो हो
too kithe gayairo a
Where did you go?
bhanda
bhanda
Utensils
घोड़ो
Ghodo
होव
hov
जिओं
jiya
घोड़ो होव जिओं
Ghodo hov jiya
Like a horse
कोजवाड़
kojwād
कोजवाड़
kojwād
Embarrassing.
ब्या
byah
मे
m
कुण
kun
आयो
aayo
ब्या मे कुण आयो
byah m kun aayo
Who came in the marriage?
टाबरो
tabaro
के
ke
करो
karo
हो
ho
टाबरो के करो हो
tabaro ke karo ho
What are you doing kids?
Kutta
Kutta
Dog
Bagari is language of Bagar region of Rajasthan extended to some parts of Punjab and Haryana and Pakistan also. Bagri is spoken by Kumawats, Jats, Rajputs, Bagri Kumhars, Suthar, Meghwal, Chamars and others casts residing there. Bagri derives its roots from Marwari when bhati dynasty ruled over the region fromBhatner, modern dayHanumangarh which is epicentre of Bagri language.Bagri culture is also same in this region .
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Regions where Bagri is spoken:
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