The Bagri language (باگڑی/बागड़ी) is a language that forms a dialect bridge between Haryanvi, Rajasthani, and Punjabi and takes its name from the Bagar tract region of Northwestern India.[4] The speakers are mostly in India, with pockets in the Bahawalpur and Bahawalnagar districts of Punjab in Pakistan.
Bagri | |
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बागड़ी, باگڑی[1] | |
Native to |
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Region | Bagar |
Ethnicity | Bagri |
Native speakers | 1,890,815 (2011 census)[2] 2001 Census 2,081,044 speakers of Bagri Rajasthani and Punjabi Bagri.[3] |
Language family | Indo-European
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Writing system | Devanagari, Arabic Script (Nastaliq) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bgq |
Glottolog | bagr1243 |
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.[5] The language has a very high (65%) lexical similarity with Haryanvi. According to the 2011 Census, there are 234,227 speakers of Bagri Rajasthani and 1,656,588 speakers of Punjabi Bagri.[6]
Bagri distinguishes 31 consonants including a retroflex series, 10 vowels, 2 diphthongs and 3 tones.
तेरो
Tero
नाम
nām
के
ke
है
hai
तेरो नाम के है
Tero nām ke hai
What is your name?
किन्नै
kinne
जावै
jāve
है?
hai
किन्नै जावै है?
kinne jāve hai
Where are you going?
इन्नै
inne
आ
ā
इन्नै आ
inne ā
Come here
क्यूकर
kyūkara
है?
hai
क्यूकर है?
kyūkara hai
How are you?
टींगर
ṭīṅgar
टीटणं
ṭīṭaṇ
नां
nā
मार
mār
टींगर टीटणं नां मार
ṭīṅgar ṭīṭaṇ nā mār
Hey kid! Don't waste our time.
तन्नै
tannai
कुचरणीं
kučaraṇīṃ
ही
hī
करनी
karni
है
hai
के?
ke
तन्नै कुचरणीं ही करनी है के?
tannai kučaraṇīṃ hī karni hai ke
Do you only want to disturb things?
बातां
bātāṃ
गा
gā
पीसा
pīsā
लागै
lāgai
है.
hai
बातां गा पीसा लागै है.
bātāṃ gā pīsā lāgai hai
Talking costs money.
मुंह
Munh
करै
kara
जिया
jiyā
बताऊ
batāū
जिसों
jiso
या
or
मुंह
Munh
करै
kara
बताऊ
Batāū
बरगो
bargo
मुंह करै जिया बताऊ जिसों या मुंह करै बताऊ बरगो
Munh kara jiyā batāū jiso or Munh kara Batāū bargo
Your face looks like eggplant.
क्यांमी
kyāmī
राफ
rāpha
चोड़ी
čoṛī
करै
karai
है
hai
रे?
re
क्यांमी राफ चोड़ी करै है रे?
kyāmī rāpha čoṛī karai hai re
Why are you making your mouth as that of a moron?
के
ke
करे
kare
है?
ha
के करे है?
ke kare ha
What are you doing?
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
kathai
गयैड़ो
gayairo
हो
ho
तू कठै गयैड़ो हो
too kathai gayairo ho
Where did you go?
कठैउं
kaṭhū
आन
ān
लाग
lāga
रह्यो
rahyo
है?
ha
कठैउं आन लाग रह्यो है?
kaṭhū ān lāga rahyo ha
Where are you coming from?
भांडा
bhanda
भांडा
bhanda
Utensils
घोड़ो
Ghodo
होव
hov
जिओं
jiya
घोड़ो होव जिओं
Ghodo hov jiya
Like a horse
कोजवाड़
kojwād
कोजवाड़
kojwād
Embarrassing.
ब्या
bayha
मे
mai
कुन
kun
आयो
aayo
ब्या मे कुन आयो
bayha mai kun aayo
Who came in the marriage?
टावरो
tabaro
के
ke
करो
karo
हो
ho
टावरो के करो हो
tabaro ke karo ho
What are you doing kids?
परनै
parne
बळै
bale
नी
ni
परनै बळै नी
parne bale ni
Go to hell
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