Haryanvi

A language of India

Population	13,000,000 (1992 SIL). 107,000 Haryanvi proper (1997). Ethnic population: 16,000,000 (1992 SIL).
Region	Haryana; Rajasthan; Punjab; Karnataka; Delhi; Himachal Pradesh; Uttar Pradesh.
Alternate names	Bangaru, Banger, Bangri, Bangru, Chamarwa, Desari, Hariani, Hariyani, Haryani, Jatu
Dialects	Bangaru Proper, Deswali, Khadar. Good intelligibility among dialects, but Haryanvi is not intelligible with Hindi. Most similar to Braj Bhasha [bra]. Lexical similarity: 92% among dialects.
Classification	Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Western Hindi, Unclassified
Language use	Home, religion. All ages. Positive attitude. Also use Hindi.
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 55% Hindi. Dictionary. Bible portions: 2001.
Writing system	Devanagari script.
Comments	‘Bangru’ now used for speakers in Jind area; ‘Khadar’ used by speakers in Jind to refer to the speech of Rohtak and Sonipat. Hindu, Muslim.

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