Haryanvi language

Haryanvi
हरियाणवी
Native to India
Region Haryana, Delhi in India.
Native speakers
8 million (2001)[1]
Devanagari script
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bgc
Glottolog hary1238[2]

Haryanvi (Devanagari: हरियाणवी hariyāṇvī or हरयाणवी harayāṇvī) is an Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the regions of Haryana, Delhi and some parts of Rajasthan of India. It is written using the Devanagari script. It is also considered to be the northernmost dialect of Hindi http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bgq</ref> It is most widely spoken in the North Indian state of Haryana. The term Haryanvi is also used for people from Haryana.

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References

  1. Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues – 2000, Census of India, 2001
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Haryanvi". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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