| Haryanvi | |
|---|---|
| हरियाणवी | |
 The word "Hariyāṇavī" written in Devanagari script | |
| Native to | Haryana andDelhi |
| Region | India,Pakistan[a] |
| Ethnicity | Haryanvi people |
Native speakers | 10 million (2011)[1] |
| Devanagari,Nastaliq[a] | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bgc |
| Glottolog | hary1238 |
 Distribution of native Haryanvi speakers in India | |
Haryanvi (हरियाणवी or हरयाणवी) is anIndo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Indian state ofHaryana and the territory ofDelhi.[2][3] Haryanvi is considered to be part of the dialect group ofWestern Hindi, which also includesKhariboli andBraj. It is written in theDevanagari script.[4]
TheRangri dialect of Haryanvi of theRanghar community is still spoken byMuhajir emigres in the Pakistani provinces ofPunjab andSindh, though it has become extinct within Haryana itself. The dialect is written in theNastaliq variant of the Perso-Arabic script.[5]
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar | Retroflex | Postalveolar- Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n̪ | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Stop/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t̪ | ʈ | t͡ɕ | k | |
| aspirated | pʰ | t̪ʰ | ʈʰ | t͡ɕʰ | kʰ | ||
| voiced | b | d̪ | ɖ | d͡ʑ | ɡ | ||
| breathy | bʱ | d̪ʱ | ɖʱ | d͡ʑʱ | ɡʱ | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | x | |||
| voiced | v | z | ɣ | ||||
| Tap | ɾ | ɽ | |||||
| Approximant | l | j | ɦ | ||||
After Partition, 1.2 million Haryanvi-speaking Muslims migrated fromHaryana andDelhi inIndia toPakistan. Today in Pakistan, it is a "mother tongue" of millions ofMuley Jat andRanghar Muslims. They live in thousands of villages inPunjab, Pakistan, and hundreds of villages inSindh and all overPakistan. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, many Uttar Pradesh Ranghars also migrated toSindh in Pakistan and mostly settling inKarachi.
These people have settled down mainly in the districts ofLahore,Sheikhupura,Bhakkar,Bahawalnagar,Rahim Yar Khan District (specially in Khanpur tehsil),Okara,Layyah,Vehari,Sahiwal,Phullarwan inSargodha District andMultan of Punjab. In districts ofPakpattan,Okara, and Bahawalnagar which have the densest concentrations of Rāngrri Speakers, they consist mostly of small peasants, with many serving in the army, police and Civil Services. They maintain an overarching tribal council (panchayat in the Rānghari language), which deals with a number of issues, such as punishments for petty crime or co-operation over village projects.[6]Haryanvi Speakers are also found inMirpur Khas andNawabshah Districts of Sindh.Most Ranghar are now bilingual, speakingUrdu language as National.Punjabi,Saraiki andSindhi as Regional, as well as still speaking Rāngrri language as "First Language" or "Mother Language" or "Village Language" or "Community language".
A large number ofRanghars are also found in the capital city ofIslamabad. They speak Urdu with Rāngrri accent.Muley Jats, in addition, theOdh community in Pakistan also speak Rānghari as their mother tongue.
Bollywood films likeDangal,[7]Sultan, andTanu Weds Manu: Returns have used the Haryanvi culture and language as the backdrop of their films.[8] These movies have received warm appreciation throughout India and abroad.[9][10] As a result, some non-native speakers have shown an interest in learning the language.[11][12]Haryanvi has successfully made its presence count into Indian cinema,[13][14] TV,[15] popular music albums[16][17][18] and academia,[19][20] with the influence of Haryana in the fields of sports, Bollywood, defense,[21][22][23] industrialization[24][25] and politics.[26][27][28] The Haryanvi language and culture[29] has also been promoted in significant proportion.
The character Virendra Pratap Singh of the showMolkki (2020-2022), played byAmar Upadhyay, speaks Haryanvi.[30]
Haryanvi has a rich collection of oral culture including folk songs, tales, and oral history. These are practiced by Haryanvi speakers on special occasions as well as in everyday life.
