Bagri

A language of India

Bagari, Bagria, Bagris, Bahgri, Baorias

Autonym

बागड़ी‎ (Bagri)

User Population

1,890,000 in India (2011 census). 162,000 monolinguals. Total users in all countries: 2,196,000.

Location

Punjab state: Fatehabad, Firozepur, Hanumangarh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sriganganagar, and Sirsa districts.

Language Maps

6a* (Vigorous).

Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Rajasthani, Unclassified

Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 81%–95% between all varietes of Bagri, 58%–63% with Eastern Punjabi [pan], 56%–69% with Hindi [hin], 56%–70% with Haryanvi [bgc], 51%–66% with Marwari [rwr], 58%–69% with Merwari [wry], 69%–76% with Shekhawati [swv], 47%–63% with Godwari [gdx], 63%–65% with Dhundari [dhd], 60%–66% with Mewati [wtm], 74% with Jandavra [jnd]. A member of macrolanguage Rajasthani [raj].

Typology

SOV; tonal, 3 tones.

Language Use

Vigorous. Home, village, school, market, religion. Positive attitudes. Most also use Hindi [hin]. Educated people and men have greater proficiency. Many also use English [eng].

Language Development

Most Bagri live in rural areas and are illiterate. Grammar. NT: 2014.

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Bagri

Writing

Devanagari script [Deva].

Other Comments

A Scheduled Caste. Traditional religion.