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Hidden in the article page (Ƶ§œš¹ _{[aɪm ˈfɻɛ̃ⁿdˡi]} 08:39, 24 December 2006 (UTC)):

*OTHER OPINION: BAGRI AND BANGARU OR BANGRU ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.. BOTH ARE SPOKEN IN HARYANA. BAGRI HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PUNJABI. BAGRI IS A BIG LANGUAGE SPOKEN IN LARGE AREAS INCLUDING SOUTHREN HARYANA, NORTHEN RAJASTHAN, SOUTH OF PAKISTANI PUNJAB AND SINDH. BUNGARU IS SPOKEN IN UPPER PARTS OF HARYANA. BANGARU HAS SIMILARITIES WITH BAGRI, MIGHT IT BE SOME ACCENT OF BAGRI BUT BANGARU MIGHT BE DEEMINGLY INFLUENCED BY PUNJABI.. MIGHT IT BE SOME ANTITHESIS OF BAGRI AND PUNJABI.

*OTHER OPINION: Rajasthani is one of the prominent members of Indo-Aryan languages family. It is spoken by around eighty million persons (total number of speakers 36 million as per Census of India, 2001) in Rajasthan and other states of India, and has eight major dialects: Bagri, Shekhawati, Mewati, Dhundhari, Harauti, Marwari, Mewari, and Wagri. Most of these dialects of Rajasthani are chiefly spoken in the state of Rajasthan but also in Gujarat, Haryana and Punjab. Besides, Rajasthani is spoken in some parts of western Madhya Pradesh, and the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sind. Rajasthani language is classified in the Central Zone of the Indo-Aryan languages, which also includes Hindi and Urdu. Some of the dialects of Rajasthani are considered by some to be dialects of Hindi; however, many linguists agree that Rajasthani is a different language from Hindi at phonological, morphological, syntactical and lexical levels.

Click Rajasthani for citation —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tariq.rasheed (talk • contribs).

Banagaru is also known as Bagri in southern Punjab and northern Haryana. There it certainly has more affinity with Punjabi and is considered a trasitional dialect by linguists and has been ever since the study of linguistics began. Where as the Bagri of Nohar, Bhadra, Rawatsar, Ellenabad etc. is a transitional dialect of Marwari/Rajasthani. Bangar or Baggar was an area of wild shrubs and trees stretching towards the south of Ghaggar and Tangri in medieval times hence the name of the dialect. But as we move westward towards the thar desert Bagri merges with Marwari and is more akin with Rajasthatni. The two dialects should not be confused.